The Armenian SSR. On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake completely leveled the city of Spitak and damaged 80 percent of Leninakan, the republic's second-largest city, now Gyumri. the earthquake affected about 40 percent of the country's territory. In all, 514,000 people lost their homes. Photo. S. Sarkisyan, a fifth-grade school student.
- Categories: Education, Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Armenia
- Event date: 14.09.1989
- Date published: 14.05.2021
- Author: Юрий Простяков
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 89-9938, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5359x3543px, 4.9Mb