On December 7, 1988, a terrible ten-point earthquake hit the Armenian SSR and completely destroyed the city of Spitak. Leninakan, now, Gyumri, the republic's second-largest city, was damaged by 80 percent. Photo: People, evacuated from affected Armenian districts, receive benefits at a holiday hotel in Adler resort.
- Categories: Disasters & Accidents
- Location: Adler, Krasnodar region, Russia
- Event date: 01.01.1989
- Date published: 17.01.2022
- Author: Petshakovskiy
- Credit: Sputnik
- Original: 89-555, 35 mm film
- Media: JPEG, 3543x5393px, 4.4Mb