Armavir

• En Name — Armavir • Ru Name — Армавир • Holiday — Third Sunday of September • Federal Subject — Krasnodar Krai • Adm City Jur — City of Armavir • Adm Ctr Of — City of Armavir • Inhabloc Cat — City • Urban Okrug Jur — Armavir Urban Okrug • Mun Admctr Of — Armavir Urban Okrug • Leader Title — Head • Leader Name — Andrey Kharchenko (acting) • Representative Body — City Duma • Pop 2010census — 188832 • Pop 2010census Rank — 96th • Established Date — 1839 • Established Title — Founded • Current Cat Date — January 18, 1914 • Postal Codes — 352900–352906, 352909, 352910, 352912, 352913, 352915, 352916, 352918, 352919, 352922–352924, 352930–352932, 352949 • Dialing Codes — 86137 • Website — http: www.armawir.ru/

The area of today's Armavir was first inhabited by Abazins. Later Tatars from the Crimean Khanate also settled here. As a result of the Caucasian War the remaining Abazins were forced to emigrate from North Caucasia to the Ottoman Empire. Armavir is also a part of the historical land of the Circassians. • Illustration — Armavir at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries The contemporary settlement was founded in 1839 by Cherkesogai Armenians as Armyansky aul (Армя́нский ау́л). It has been known by its current name since 1848, when it was named after Armavir, one of the historical capitals of ancient Armenia. The city was the administrative center of the Labinsky Otdel of the Kuban Oblast. During the Russian Civil War of 1918–1920, a number of brutal battles took place near the city. The Taman Army's military campaign ended in Armavir in 1918. The Soviet authority was established in Armavir in March 1920. According to the 1926 census, the population was 44.8% Russian, 23.7% Ukrainian, 18.5% Armenian, 3.9% German, 1.9% Belarusian, 0.7% Polish, 0.6% Tatar and 0.5% Jewish. During World War II, the city was occupied by the German Army. It was liberated by the Red Army in January 1943.

Within the framework of administrative divisions, it is, together with eleven rural localities, incorporated as the City of Armavir—an administrative unit with the status equal to that of the districts. As a municipal division, the City of Armavir is incorporated as Armavir Urban Okrug.

Armavir is the second-largest industrial center of Krasnodar Krai, after Krasnodar. The city is known as center for food processing, mechanical engineering and timber processing industries. Here is located one of the oldest engineering enterprises of Kuban - Kubanzheldormash, founded in 1933.

Armavir has a humid continental climate.

Armavir Radar Station is on the site of Baronovsky Airfield, 12 km southwest of the town. Armavir (air base) is close to the city.

Armavir is twinned with: • Armavir, Armenia • Feodosia, Ukraine • Gomel, Belarus

• Konstantin Orbelyan (1928–2014), pianist and composer. People's Artist of the USSR • Arsen Papikyan (born 1972), professional football manager and a former player • George Avakian (1919–2017), record producer