Chkalovka ( hy, Չկալովկա) is a village in the

Sevan Municipality 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 Artsvashe ...

of the Gegharkunik 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 ...

Etymology

The village was known as ''Aleksandrovka'' and ''Zeynalagali'' until 1946.

History

The village was founded by

Russians , native_name_lang = ru , image = , caption = , population = , popplace = 118 million Russians in the Russian Federation (2002 ''Winkler Prins'' estimate) , region1 = , pop1 ...

who emigrated from the

Volga The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Cas ...

Saratov Saratov (, ; rus, Сара́тов, a=Ru-Saratov.ogg, p=sɐˈratəf) is the largest city and administrative center of Saratov Oblast, Russia, and a major port on the Volga River upstream (north) of Volgograd. Saratov had a population of 901,36 ...

and Tambov regions of the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century. On April 26, 1946, it was renamed in honour of test pilot

Valeri Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was bo ...

. Until 1926 it was inhabited by Russians. In 1831 it had 45 inhabitants, while in 1989 - 455 inhabitants.

Gallery

Sevan Lake, Armenia. (Unsplash).jpg, Lake Sevan near Chkalovka

References

External links

* * Populated places in Gegharkunik Province Populated places established in 1840 {{Gegharkunik-geo-stub