Zaritap ( hy, Զառիթափ) is a village in the
Vayk Municipality
Vayk Municipality, referred to as Vayk Community ( hy, Վայք Համայնք ''Vayk Hamaynk''), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia, at the southeastern end of the country. Consisted of a group ...
of the
Vayots Dzor Province
Vayots Dzor ( hy, Վայոց Ձոր, ) is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. It lies at the southeastern end of the country, bordering the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan to the west and the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan to the east. It cover ...
of
Armenia. For a time the village was renamed in honor of
Meshadi Azizbekov, an early Bolshevik and one of the
26 Baku Commissars
The 26 Baku Commissars were Bolshevik and Left Socialist Revolutionary (SR) members of the Baku Commune. The commune was established in the city of Baku, which was then the capital of the briefly independent Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and ...
. In the vicinity are 13th-century
khachkar
A ''khachkar'', also known as a ''khatchkar'' or Armenian cross-stone ( hy, խաչքար, , խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, in ...
s and the traces of an old fort.
Etymology
The village was previously known as ''Azizbekov'', ''Pashalu'' and ''Pashaghu''.
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Populated places in Vayots Dzor Province
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