Gai ( ), known as Khatunarkh until 1978 (and also spelled Guy or Gay or Kai), is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. It was founded in the 1670s, and named for the wife of Sefi Khan, Safavid governor of Chokhur-e Sa'd.Հակոբյան Տ.Խ., Մալիք Բախշյան փ.Տ., Բարսեղյան Օ.Խ. Հայաստանի և շրջակա գավառների տեղանունների բառարան. I գ., Ա.Դ., Երևան, «Իրավանի համալսարան», 1986. էջ 778 In 1978, it was renamed in honour of Russian Civil War hero Hayk Bzhshkian, whose nom-de-guerre was Gai.Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 40, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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World Gazetteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com