Fioletovo | village

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Fioletovo (until 1936, Nikitino) renamed in 1936 to honor Ivan Fioletov, a socialist activist shot along with the Baku Commissars.

It is now known as the last mostly Russian populated village in Armenia, occupied by Russian sectarian Spiritual Christians of two faiths -- Dukh-i-zhizniki (3-4 congregations), Molokane (1 congregation). Journalists and tourists come to interview and photograph the ethnic Russians.

www.molokane.org/molokan/Locations/FSU/Armenia/Grigoria...
Molokan funeral
www.rferl.org/media/photogallery/24974599.html
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Coordinates:   40°43'28"N   44°42'59"E
This article was last modified 12 years ago