{{coord|40|15|48|N|44|15|49|E|display=title}} {{Infobox settlement | official_name = Lernamerdz | native_name = Լեռնամերձ | pushpin_map = Armenia | mapsize = 150px | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Armenia | subdivision_type1 = Marz (Province) | subdivision_name1 = Armavir | leader_title = | leader_name = | established_title = | established_date = | area_total_km2 = | area_footnotes = | population_as_of = 2011 | population_total = 384<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/armenia/armavir/|title=Armavir (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities|website=www.citypopulation.de|access-date=2024-11-10}}</ref> | timezone = &nbsp; | utc_offset = +4 | timezone_DST = &nbsp; | utc_offset_DST = +5 | coordinates = {{coord|40|15|48|N|44|15|49|E|region:AM|display=inline}} | elevation_m = | area_code = | website = | image_skyline = Լեռնամերձ (Արմավիրի մարզ).jpg | image_caption = Լեռնամերձ (Արմավիրի մարզ) }} '''Lernamerdz''' ({{langx|hy|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"<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav110706b.shtml |title=EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Armenia: Socialism in One Village<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-11-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071224075132/http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/eav110706b.shtml |archive-date=2007-12-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref> if communism is reestablished in Armenia. The village, also called "Little Cuba" has attracted many communist visitors, because of its special status. thumb|Lernamerdz petroglyph

==References== {{reflist}} *{{GEOnet2|32FA881E731A3774E0440003BA962ED3}} *{{ArmenianCensus|130}}

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Category:Leninism Category:Populated places in Armavir Province Category:Yazidi communities in Armenia

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