On December 7, 1988, the devastating magnitude 10 earthquake in Soviet Armenia totally destroyed the city of Spitak and 80 percent of Leninakan (currently Gyumri), the republic's second largest city. G. Merodyan, center, a 13-year-old Armenian schoolboy, is seen here with his new school friends in the resort city of Anapa.
- Categories: Lifestyle & Leisure, Education, Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Anapa, Krasnodar region, Russia
- Event date: 19.01.1989
- Date published: 17.01.2022
- Author: Ruben Mangasaryan
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 89-503, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 5451x3543px, 4.4Mb