Simferopol International Airport in Crimea will be named after renowned Russian Armenian painter Ivan (Hovhannes) Aivazovsky. 

The airport participated in the “Great Names of Russia” program, according to which more than 40 airports in the country shall be named after famous compatriots, RIA Novosti reported.

Crimean residents have given the most respective votes for Aivazovsky.

Voting results will be presented to the Russian government, and, subsequently, the president of the country will sign the executive order on the naming.