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Kirovakan

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Kirovakan, city: see Vanadzor Vanadzor, city (1989 pop. 75,616), in N Armenia, at the junction of the Pambak, Tandzut, and Vanadzoriget rivers. A rail center and a major chemical producer, it also manufactures textiles and foodstuffs. In 1935 the city was renamed Kirovakan, after Sergey Kirov .
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Experience in damage control and neutralization of the effects of large-scale accidents and natural disasters in Chernobyl, Spitak, Kirovakan, and Leninakan shows that the breakdown of emergency rescue assets is as follows: CBR, engineer and other troops and services, 50 percent to 60 percent; civil defense formations, 20 percent to 25 percent; and departmental emergency rescue and support subunits, 15 percent to 20 percent.
However, Kirovakan sits closer to the presumed epicenter than Leninakan, creating a puzzle that seismologists hope to solve with data taken by the 20 seismographs they brought to Armenia.
 
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