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Lukashin, Yerevan
Lukashin ( hy, Լուկաշին) is a neighbourhood in Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. It was named after Sargis Lukashin Sargis Lukyani Lukashin ( hy, Սարգիս Լուկյանի Լուկաշին; russian: Сергей Лукьянович Лукашин, born Sargis Srapionyan (Սրապիոնյան); 1883 or 1885 – 1937) was an Armenian Bolshevik politician an ... (1883-1937), president of the Armenian Council of People's Commissars. References * Populated places in Yerevan {{Yerevan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ''Oxford Reference Online'' also place Armenia in Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region; and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia to the north, the Lachin corridor (under a Russian peacekeeping force) and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the capital, largest city and the financial center. Armenia is a unitary, multi-party, democratic nation-state with an ancient cultural heritage. The first Armenian state of Urartu was established in 860 BC, and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia reached its height under Tigranes the Great in the 1st century BC and in the year 301 became the first state in the world to adopt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yerevan
Yerevan ( , , hy, Երևան , sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country, as its primate city. It has been the Historical capitals of Armenia, capital since 1918, the Historical capitals of Armenia, fourteenth in the history of Armenia and the seventh located in or around the Ararat Plain. The city also serves as the seat of the Araratian Pontifical Diocese, which is the largest diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church and one of the oldest dioceses in the world. The history of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BCE, with the founding of the fortress of Erebuni Fortress, Erebuni in 782 BCE by King Argishti I of Urartu, Argishti I of Urartu at the western extreme of the Ararat Plain. Erebuni was "designed as a great administrative an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Districts Of Yerevan
The Districts of Yerevan refers to administrative divisions of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Yerevan is divided into twelve "administrative districts" (վարչական շրջաններ), each with an elected community leader. Each district is divided into unofficial neighborhoods (թաղամասեր or թաղեր). The total area of the 12 districts of Yerevan is . History Persian and Russian eras Main districts Since the 17th century, without the fortress and nearby villages (Noragyugh, Dzoragyugh and Nork), Yerevan was divided into three main quarters (mahlas; fa, محله): #Shahar (The Old City), #Demir-Bulagh (Karahank) #Kond (Tapabash). The market (Ghantar) was separate, between Kond and Shahar. Shahar Shahar ( fa, شهر ''šahar'') was the oldest and biggest quarter of Yerevan. It located in the north-eastern part of the city, between Amiryan St. and Khorenatsi St. It was, probably, populated since the Urartian times. During later centuries it was de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ajapnyak District
Ajapnyak ( hy, Աջափնյակ վարչական շրջան, translit=Ajapnyak varčakan šrĵan), is one of the 12 districts of Yerevan, the capital of Armenia. Located to the northwest of the city centre, Ajapnyak has common borders with the districts of Arabkir from the east, Davtashen from the north, Kentron from the southeast, and Malatia-Sebastia from the south. Hrazdan River forms the natural border of the district from the east. Ajapnyak has also common borders with the provinces of Armavir and Aragatsotn from the west, and Kotayk from the north. Overview With an area of 25 km² (11.21% of Yerevan city area), Ajapnyak is the 4th-largest district of Yerevan in terms of area. ''Ajapnyak'' literally means ''right bank'' in Armenian, which refers to the location of the district on the right bank of Hrazdan River. It is unofficially divided into smaller neighborhoods such as: Ajapnyak neighbourhood, Norashen, Nazarbekyan, Silikyan, Lukashin, Vahagni, Anastasavan a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sargis Lukashin
Sargis Lukyani Lukashin ( hy, Սարգիս Լուկյանի Լուկաշին; russian: Сергей Лукьянович Лукашин, born Sargis Srapionyan (Սրապիոնյան); 1883 or 1885 – 1937) was an Armenian Bolshevik politician and Soviet statesman. Biography Lukashin was born in 1883 or 1885Borys Lewytzkyj''The Stalinist terror in the thirties: documentation from the Soviet press''(Vol. 126 of Stanford University. Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace.) Hoover Institution Press, 1974 p 490 in the Armenian-populated city of New Nakhichevan near Rostov-on-Don in Russia. He studied law at the Petersburg University and graduated in 1910. At first a supporter of the Armenian Social-Democratic Labour Organization, he joined the Bolshevik Party in 1906. He participated in the Bolsheviks' armed rebellion during the October Revolution, after which he fought on the Southern Front of the Russian Civil War in the Don region. In 1918 he worked in the VCh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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