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At the last period of the existence of the Soviet Union and in the first years of independence, the process of renaming toponyms began in the Republic of Armenia. Each region had its own characteristics. From this point of view, the city of Vanadzor (formerly Karakilisa, Kirovakan), the regional center of Lori, was no exception. The national awakening as a result of the Artsakh movement of 1988 led to the need to rename almost all former toponyms which remained from the Soviet times. New names of streets and parks received the names of prominent Armenian national figures or regained the historical toponyms of the area. The process of renamed toponyms of the Lori region has the following features: - districts and streets destroyed by the earthquake and the newly formed ones received new names. Some neighborhoods appeared with the names of the countries that participated in rebuilding and construction. The repeated names of the places were practically renamed almost everywhere. From now on, the process of renaming neighborhoods, streets, and parks took place exclusively under the strict control of local authorities. - due to the fact that the process was almost completed, in the beginning of the XXI century all cases of name changes became less frequent. Later the changes were mainly associated with anniversary events or with the logic of naming settlements after contemporary political and national figures, heroes of the Artsakh War.
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