Kanakerr

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subdivision_name = Armenia
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subdivision_name1 =Yerevan
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Kanakerr ( _hy. Քանաքեր; also Romanized as K’anak’err, Kenaker, Kanaker, and Qanaqer) is a town in Armenia, located in the northeastern part of the Yerevan district. It is often aggregated with nearby Nor Zeytun as part of Kanaker-Zeytun.

Kanakerr was the home of Khachatur Abovian and Djivan Gasparyan.

The town has several churches which, severely damaged in the earthquake of 1679, were subsequently restored. Kanaker played a key role in the Russian siege of Yerevan in 1827. (There was until recently a monument in French in the Armenian church to the infant daughter of the Russian commander).

References

*Kiesling, "Rediscoving Armenia", p. 12, available online at the [http://yerevan.usembassy.gov/armenia.pdf US embassy to Armenia's website]
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