Vurgun
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Vurğun is a village and municipality in the Agstafa Rayon of Azerbaijan
. It has a population of 2,710. The town was renamed during the Soviet period for Mikhail Kalinin
, and afterward, in honor of the writer Samad Vurgun.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
. It has a population of 2,710. The town was renamed during the Soviet period for Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Kalinin
Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin , known familiarly by Soviet citizens as "Kalinych," was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the nominal head of state of Russia and later of the Soviet Union, from 1919 to 1946...
, and afterward, in honor of the writer Samad Vurgun.