Lernamerdz

40°15′48″N 44°15′49″E

Lernamerdz Լեռնամերձ
Լեռնամերձ (Արմավիրի մարզ)
Lernamerdz
Coordinates: 40°15′48″N 44°15′49″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Armavir
Population  (2011)
• Total	384[1]
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Lernamerdz (Armenian: Լեռնամերձ, also Romanized as Lernamerts; formerly, Ayarlu) is an Armenian village of 400 people in Armavir Province that still follows Soviet communism, even after the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Prior to 1991, year during which the Soviet Union was dissolved, there were only 5 registered communists in Lernamerdz.

Today, all of the villagers claim that they adhere to the socialist ideology, and think that "everyone will be happy then and the sun will shine brightly"^[2] if communism is reestablished in Armenia. The village, also called "Little Cuba" has attracted many communist visitors, because of its special status.

Lernamerdz petroglyph

References

1. "Armavir (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-10.
2. "EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenia: Socialism in One Village". Archived from the original on 2007-12-24. Retrieved 2006-11-08.

• Lernamerdz at GEOnet Names Server
• Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia