Nakhichevan-on-Don
Nakhichevan-on-Don (Russian: Нахичевань-на-Дону, Naxičevan’-na-Donu), also known as New Nakhichevan (Armenian: Նոր Նախիջևան, Nor Naxiĵevan; as opposed to the "old" Nakhichevan), was an Armenian-populated town near Rostov-on-Don, in southern Russia founded in 1779 by Armenians from Crimea. It retained the status of a city until 1928 when it was merged with Rostov.
(1830–1892), Armenian writer
Raphael Patkanian
(1839–1866), Armenian writer
Mikayel Nalbandian
(1868–1954), Catholicos of All Armenians
George VI of Armenia
(1880–1972), Armenian painter
Martiros Saryan
(Srabionian) (1883–1937), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1922–1925)
Sargis Lukashin
(1902–1954), Soviet general
Sergei Galadzhev
(1924–2012), Soviet intelligence agent
Gevork Vartanian
(1886–1925), chairman of the Council of People's Commissars (1921–1922) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
Alexander Miasnikian
(1923–2022), historian
Nina Garsoïan
(1902–1991), scientist
Mikhail Chailakhyan
(1888–1982), historian and writer
Marietta Shaginyan
(1930–2009), artist
Ashot Melkonian
(1895–1975), personal architect to Stalin
Miron Merzhanov
(1900–1987), Armenian-American painter and illustrator; created more than 70 front covers for The New Yorker
Constantin Alajalov
(1890–1967), lawyer and historian
Stepan Kechekjan
(1918–1998), composer and musicologist
Gayane Chebotaryan
(1930-2009), artist
Ashot Melkonian
(1921–2003), mechanical engineer who designed Lunokhod 1, the first ever planetary rover for space exploration
Alexander Kemurdzhian
(1900–1985), painter
Gregorio Sciltian
Holy Cross Church, Nakhichevan on Don
Armenians in Russia
a nearby raion (district) with an Armenian majority. It includes several villages that date back to the same period.