Amasia, Shirak
Amasia ( hy, Ամասիա), previously known as ''Hamasia'', is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia. It is located on the right bank of the Akhuryan River. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 2,218 in 2010, up from 1,878 at the time of the 2001 census. Etymology Amasia's name is traditionally considered to be derived from Amasia Haykazuni, a great-grandson of Hayk, the legendary progenitor of the Armenians. History Historically, the area that Amasia is located in was a part of the canton of Ashotsk of the province of Gugark of the ancient Kingdom of Armenia. Approximately two kilometers to the northwest of the village is a ruined ancient fortress built in Cyclopean style that the villagers refer to as ''Chatin Dara'', dated to approximately the 3–2 millennia BCE.'''' Two kilometers to the west of the village is an abandoned settlement that the villagers call ''Kharabalar'', which according to folk trad ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Community (Armenia)
A community is a Level of analysis, social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place (geography), place, Norm (social), norms, religion, values, Convention (norm), customs, or Identity (social science), identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable good relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity at large. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to large group affiliations such as nation, national communities, international community, international communities, and virtual community, virtual communities. The English-language word "community" derives from the Old French ''c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighbouring rival powers: the Swedish Empire, the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Qajar Iran, the Ottoman Empire, and Qing China. It also held colonies in North America between 1799 and 1867. Covering an area of approximately , it remains the third-largest empire in history, surpassed only by the British Empire and the Mongol Empire; it ruled over a population of 125.6 million people per the 1897 Russian census, which was the only census carried out during the entire imperial period. Owing to its geographic extent across three continents at its peak, it featured great ethnic, linguistic, religious, and economic diversity. From the 10th–17th centuries, the land ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bandivan
Bandivan ( hy, Բանդիվան) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The Statistical Committee of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե) is the national statistical agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was ... reported its population was 245 in 2010, down from 269 at the 2001 census. Population The population of the village since 1831 is as follows: References Communities in Shirak Province Populated places in Shirak Province {{Shirak-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Hovtun
Hovtun ( hy, Հովտուն) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The village was originally inhabited by Azerbaijanis, then Greeks, and now Armenians Armenians ( hy, հայեր, ''hayer'' ) are an ethnic group native to the Armenian highlands of Western Asia. Armenians constitute the main population of Armenia and the ''de facto'' independent Artsakh. There is a wide-ranging diaspora .... Demographics References * * Populated places in Shirak Province {{Shirak-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Meghrashat
Meghrashat ( hy, Մեղրաշատ) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ''Ox .... Demographics The population of the village since 1886 is as follows: References * * Populated places in Shirak Province {{Shirak-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Byurakn
Byurakn ( hy, Բյուրակն) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia near the Armenia–Turkey border. The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 926 in 2010, up from 781 at the 2001 census. Demographics According to the 1912 publication of '' Kavkazskiy kalendar'', there was a mainly Karapapakh population of 1,046 people in the village of Gyullibulakh of the Kars Okrug of the Kars Oblast The Kars Oblast was a province (''oblast'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire between 1878 and 1917. Its capital was the city of Kars, presently in Turkey. The ''oblast'' bordered the Ottoman Empire to the west, the Batum Oblast .... The population of the village since 1886 is as follows: References Communities in Shirak Province Populated places in Shirak Province {{Shirak-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Voghji, Shirak
Voghji ( hy, Ողջի) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. In 1988-1989, Azerbaijanis of the village moved to Azerbaijan, leading to Armenians from the Ninotsminda region of Georgia, the Spitak earthquake zone, and Azerbaijan to settle in the village. Demographics According to 1912 publication of '' Kavkazskiy kalendar'', there was a mainly Karapapakh population of 930 in the village of Okhchoglu of the Kars Okrug of the Kars Oblast The Kars Oblast was a province (''oblast'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire between 1878 and 1917. Its capital was the city of Kars, presently in Turkey. The ''oblast'' bordered the Ottoman Empire to the west, the Batum Oblast .... The population of the village since 1886 is as follows: Gallery File:Okhchuoglu before deportation.jpg, Village before exodus of Azerbaijanis File:Pioneers of Okchuoglu middle school, 1984.jpg, Azerbaijani pupil of Okhchuoghlu school, 1984 References ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gtashen
Gtashen ( hy, Գտաշեն) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. History Armenians and Azeris once lived in the village, as well as Greeks, who even had a church, of which a half-ruined wall remains in the center of the village. In 1988-1989 Armenians from Akhalkalaki, Gyumri, Talin, Amasia and Nagorno-Karabakh settled in the village. Demographics According to 1912 publication of '' Kavkazskiy kalendar'', 495 people, mainly Karapapakhs lived in village Magaradjik of Kars Okrug of Kars Oblast. The community of Gtashen consists of the villages of Gtashen and Kamkhut. The Statistical Committee of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia (Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտե) is the national statistical agency of Armenia. History The statistical institution started its main activities on 7 January 1922 and was ... reported that the community's population was 258 in 2010, down from 378 at the 2001 cen ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aregnadem
Aregnadem ( hy, Արեգնադեմ) is a village in the Amasia Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. History Aregnadem village was founded at end of 17th century and was called Gharachanta (Latinized Armenian spelling of ''Karaçanta'', meaning ''black bag'' in Turkish). It was part of Aghbaba uchastok of Kars Okrug in Kars Oblast between 1878 and 1918. It was passed to Soviet Armenia according to treaties of Moscow and Kars in 1921. It was renamed as ''Azizbekov'' in honour of Mashadi Azizbeyov, one of the 26 Baku Commissars on 4 May 1939. Prior to 1988, the village was populated by Azerbaijanis, whereby "there was not a single Armenain family". The village was refounded in 1988 by Armenians from Georgia, Azerbaijan and Gyumri in 1988, after it. Finally, it took present name on 3 April 1991. Demographics The National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia The Statistical Committee of Armenia ( Armenian: Հայաստանի վիճակագրական կոմիտ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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May Uprising
The May Uprising ( hy, Մայիսյան ապստամբություն, translit=Mayisyan apstambutyun) was a coup d'état attempt by the Armenian Bolsheviks that started in Alexandropol (modern-day Gyumri) on May 10, 1920. It was eventually suppressed by the Armenian government on May 14 and its leaders executed. Although the revolt failed, Armenia was Sovietized after the 11th Army of Soviet Russia invaded the country in November 1920 and the Turkish Nationalists occupied the western half of the country. The revolt and its executed leaders were praised during the Soviet period from 1920 until the late 1980s, when the Karabakh movement began and anti-Soviet sentiment rose in Armenia – The revolt remains a controversial topic in Armenia. Background Since the establishment of the Republic of Armenia in 1918, the political parties and different factions, for the most part, avoided internal conflicts or rebellions against the dominant Dashnak party as the country suffered from deep ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ashotsk
Ashotsk ( hy, Աշոցք, also Romanized as Ashoc’k’ and Ashotsq; formerly, Verin-Gukasyan, Gukasyan, Ghukasyan) is a village and rural community (municipality) in the Shirak Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ' .... The Statistical Committee of Armenia reported its population was 2,482 in 2010, up from 2,378 at the 2001 census. Population Population per years is the following. References Communities in Shirak Province Populated places in Shirak Province {{Shirak-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic
The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic,; russian: Армянская Советская Социалистическая Республика, translit=Armyanskaya Sovetskaya Sotsialisticheskaya Respublika) also commonly referred to as Soviet Armenia or Armenia, ; rus, Армения, r=Armeniya, p=ɐrˈmʲenʲɪjə) was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union in December 1922 located in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia. It was established in December 1920, when the Soviets took over control of the short-lived First Republic of Armenia, and lasted until 1991. Historians sometimes refer to it as the Second Republic of Armenia, following the demise of the First Republic. As part of the Soviet Union, the Armenian SSR transformed from a largely agricultural hinterland to an important industrial production center, while its population almost quadrupled from around 880,000 in 1926 to 3.3 million in 1989 due to natural growth and large-scale influx of Armenian genoci ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |