Alexandropol (formerly Gumri), an important fortress and the largest town in the Erivan district of Russian Armenia. It lies on a treeless plateau on the road from Erivan to Kars, and has accommodation for a garrison of 10,000 men. The stronghold gives the Russians complete command of the head-waters of the Euphrates. The silk trade is actively carried on in the town. Pop. (1890) 20,477.
Alexandropol
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 151
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