Word: leninakan
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...People wander among the debris of what used to be their homes, straining their ears in the hope of hearing the voice of a missing sister, father, brother or simply any human voice," the official news agency Tass reported yesterday from leninakan near the quake's epicenter...
...LENINAKAN, U.S.S.R.--Adding to the tragedy of this earthquakedevastated city, a Soviet military transport plane carrying soldiers to help in rescue efforts crashed as it approached the airport, killing 78 people, the Tass News Agency said...
...Leninakan, Armenia's second-largest city near the Turkish border, stacks of red, black or unfinished wood coffins were piled on street corners...
Mayor Emil Kirokofyan told the first group of foreign correspondents to visit the area after Wednesday's quake that recently constructed apartment buildings had not been built to withstand such a severe temblor--even though Leninakan is in an area of frequent earthquakes...