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Drakhtik
Drakhtik ( hy, Դրախտիկ) is a village in the Shoghakat Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. Etymology The village was previously known as ''Tokhluja'' (; ; ). The current name of the village, Drakhtik, means "little paradise" in Armenian. History Drakhtik, then known as Tokhluja, was part of the Nor Bayazet uezd of the Erivan Governorate within the 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. .... Bournoutian presents the statistics of the village in the early 20th century as follows: Economy The population is engaged in animal husbandry, vegetable growing and grain cultivation. Demographics The population of Drakhtik since 1829 is as follows: Gallery Lake Sevan, Armenia.jpg, Panorama of Lake Sevan from near Drakhtik. R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gegharkunik Province
Gegharkunik ( hy, Գեղարքունիք, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part of Armenia, bordering Azerbaijan. It includes the exclave of Artsvashen, which has been under Azerbaijani occupation since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. With an area of , Gegharkunik is the largest province in Armenia. However, approximately 24% or of its territory is covered by Lake Sevan, the largest lake in the South Caucasus and a major tourist attraction of the region. The Yerevan-Sevan-Dilijan republican highway runs through the province. Etymology and symbols The early Armenian history Movses Khorenatsi connected the name of Gegharkunik with Gegham, a 5th-generation descendant of the legendary patriarch and founder of the Armenian nation Hayk. Gegham was the father of Sisak (founder of the Siunia dynasty) and Harma (grandfather of Ara the Beautiful). The Gegham Mountains and the Lake of Gegham ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
