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Gaikodzor (in Russian Гайкодзор or officially Гай-Кодзо́р, in Armenian Հայկաձոր pronounced Haikadzor) is an Armenian village in the Krasnodar Krai region, Russia, part of the Anapksky District of Anapsky Urban Okrug.
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The village was originally named Galkina Shel (in Russian Галкина Щель) in 1908.
On 8 October 1925, the village was renamed Gaykodzor[1] (Armenian pronunciation Haikadzor - meaning the Valley of the Armenians).
The village has the Armenian Apostolic Surb Sargis Church (in Russian Церковь Святого Сергия, in Armenian Սուրբ Սարգիս եկեղեցի) and the Armenian Arin-Bert cultural union.