Gaikodzor is an Armenian village in the Krasnodar Krai

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 region, Russia

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, part of the municipal formation of the Russian resort city of Anapa

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The village was originally named Galkina Shel (in Russian

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 Галкина Щель) in 1908. Many Armenian families arrived from Trabizon, Turkey

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 in the years 1915-1916 escaping from the Armenian Genocide

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and settled in the village.

On 8 October 1925, the village was renamed Gaykodzor (Armenian pronunciation Haikadzor - meaning the Valley of the Armenians).

The village has the Armenian Apostolic Surb Sargis Church (in Russian Церковь Святого Сергия, in Armenian Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցի) and the Armenian Arin-Bert cultural union.