Gyumri (Eastern Armenian: Գյումրի [ˈgjumɾi]; Western Armenian: Կիւմրի [ˈgʏmɾi]), is the second largest city in Armenia and the capital of the Shirak Province in the northwestern part of the country. As of the 2011 census, the city had a population of 121,976, down from 150,917 reported at the 2001 census. Its name has been changed several times. It was originally founded as Kumayri, later re-founded as Alexandropol (Russian:Александрополь; Armenian:Ալեքսանդրապոլ) between 1837 and 1924 during the Russian rule, then Leninakan (Armenian:Լենինական; Russian:Ленинакан) between 1924–90, then as Gyumri.