Arpunk ( hy, Արփունք; az, Kəsəmən,

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: ''Kasaman'') is a village in the

Gegharkunik Province 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 Artsvas ...

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. Three kilometers southeast of the village is a 15th-century church. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis before the

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of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the

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. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village.

Toponymy

The village was known as ''Bahar'' until 1978.

Notable people

Aladdin Allahverdiyev , birth_date = , birth_place = Kyasaman, Vardenis District, Armenian SSR, USSR , death_date = , death_place = , nationality = USSRAzerbaijanRussia , fields = Applied mathematics,physics,techno ...

(born 1947), Soviet, Russian and Azerbaijani scientist, professor (2001)

References

External links

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