The Shamshadin District ( hy, Շամշադինի շրջան) was a ''

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is co ...

'' (district) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1929 and later in 1991 of the

Republic of Armenia A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

until its disestablishment in 1995. The Shamshadin district today constitutes a southeastern part of the

Tavush Province Tavush ( hy, Տավուշ, ) is a province of Armenia located at the northeast of Armenia, bordered by Georgia from the north and Azerbaijan from the east. Internally, Tavush borders the Gegharkunik Province from the south, Kotayk Province from ...

( ''marz''). Its administrative centre was the town of Berd.

History

The Shamshadin district was formed on the territory of the Armenian SSR on 24 June 1929, originally a part of the Dilijan uezd which had been separated from the tsarist

Kazakh uezd The Kazakh uezd was a county (''uezd'') of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire and later of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic with its center in Kazakh (present-day Qazax) from 1868 until its formal abolition in 1929 by the Soviet a ...

in 1921. Shortly after the

breakup of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

, the administration of the Republic of Armenia consolidated the Shamshadin,

Noyemberyan Noyemberyan ( hy, Նոյեմբերյան) is a town and urban municipal community in the northeast of Armenia, within the Tavush Province. It is located 2 km west of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and 9 km south of the Armenia-Georgia bo ...

and

Ijevan Ijevan ( hy, Իջևան) is a town and urban municipal community in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Tavush Province. It is located at the center of the region, at the foot of Ijevan ridge of Gugark Mountains, on the shores of ...

districts into the larger Tavush Province.

Demographics

According to the 1939 census, Shamshadin was the most homogenous region of the Armenian SSR.

Villages

There were 16 villages in the Shamshadin District: * Berd *

Aygedzor Aygedzor ( hy, Այգեձոր) is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The Aghjkaberd mountain fortress is located close to Aygedzor. Toponymy The village was previously known as ''Kulali''. Gallery Այգ ...

* Aygepar * Artsvaberd *

Varagavan Varagavan ( hy, Վարագավան) is a village in the Tavush Province of Armenia. The 13th-century Nor Varagavank Nor Varagavank () is a 13th-century Armenian Apostolic Church monastic ensemble situated 3.5 km southwest of the village Var ...

Verin Karmiraghbyur Verin Karmiraghbyur ( hy, Վերին Կարմիրաղբյուր) is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armeni ...

* Movses * Navur * Nerkin Karmiraghbyur * Norashen *

Paravakar Paravakar ( hy, Պառավաքար) is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia ...

Tavush Tavush ( hy, wikt:Տավուշ, Տավուշ, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province of Armenia located at the northeast of Armenia, bordered by Georgia (country), Georgia from the north and Azerbaijan from the east. Internally, Tav ...

* Chinari * Chinchin *

Choratan Choratan ( hy, Չորաթան) is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. History In 1854, settlers from Choratan founded the village of Artsvashen. References External links

* Populated places in T ...

Verin Tsaghkavan Verin Tsaghkavan ( hy, Վերին Ծաղկավան) is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands ...

Notable people

* Hayk Chobanyan *

Sarkis Ordyan Sarkis Ordyan ( hy, Սարգիս Օրդյան; December 20, 1918 – 2003) was a Ukrainian-Armenian painter. Biography He was born to unknown parents in the village of Aigedzor, in the Shamshadin region of Armenia (now part of the Tavush pro ...

* Vardan Stepanyan * Sassun Mkrtchyan

Notes

References

Tavush Province Districts of Armenia Geography of Tavush Province {{Armenia-geo-stub