Gumru tower
In Gumru city, on the banks of the Arpa River in the Shorayel mahal.
Gumru was called Alexandropol in 1837-1924, Leninakan in 1924-1990, and Kumayri from 1990.
Architecture
During the Russo-Iranian wars, the Gumri fortress was destroyed and its ruins remained.
The village of Gyumri has turned into a sonar city. It is the second largest city after Iravan. The name of the monument is mentioned as a fortress in VIII century sources. It was built of river stones and red bricks. In 1837, the Russians built a military fortress on a high place of the Arpa River. Gumri was named Alexandropol in 1840 and Leninakan in 1924 in honor of Nicholas I's wife Alexandra.
Azerbaijanis lived in Gumru until 1830. Armenians relocated from Erzurum were resettled and the place was Armenianized.
