 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Leninakan yakava nzvimbo huru yeindasitiri muArmenian Soviet Socialist Republic uye guta rayo rechipiri pakukura, mushure meguta guru reYerevan. Guta racho rakakuvadzwa zvikuru mukudengenyeka kwenyika kweArmenia muna 1988, iyo yakaparadza mativi akawanda enyika. Kudengenyeka kwacho kwakaitika pamwe chete nechikanganiso chinozivikanwa chokurova chine urefu hwe. Kurova kwaro kwakanga kwakafanana nokweCaucasus range uye kwakanyura kuchamhembe-kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva. Bruce Bolt, nyanzvi yokudengenyeka kwenyika uye purofesa wesayenzi yepasi nepuraneti paYunivhesiti yeCalifornia, Berkeley, akafamba pamuganhu wacho muna 1992 uye akawana kuti kudzingwa kwacho kwakamira kwakayerwa pamwe chete nechikamu chikuru chourefu nechokumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kusvika. 