Doghs ( hy, Դողս) is a village in the

Armavir Province Armavir ( hy, wikt:Արմավիր, Արմավիր, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the n ...

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 ...

. In 894,

Smbat I Smbat I (; c. 850–912/14) was the second king of the medieval Kingdom of Armenia of the Bagratuni dynasty, and son of Ashot I. He is the father of Ashot II (known as Ashot Yerkat) and Abas I. Rule Smbat I was crowned king in 892 in Shiraka ...

defeated

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of Atrapatakan in a battle at Doghs. The town's church, dedicated to Surb Stepanos (''

Saint Stephen Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...

''), was built in the 19th century. There are also some 19th-century graves in the vicinity. The village has a school (247 students), first aid station, house of culture, and community center.

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Image:WW 2 monument in the village of Doghs.jpg, World War II monument

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World Gazeteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com * * Populated places in Armavir Province {{ArmavirAM-geo-stub

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