Berdavan ( hy, Բերդավան) is a village in the

Noyemberyan Municipality 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

. The village is located about 2 km north of the town of

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 near the villages of Dovekh, Koghb and Zorakan.

Berdavan Fortress Berdavan Fortress ( hy, Բերդավանի ամրոց; ; also Ghalinjakar Fortress) is a fortress in Armenia, located on a hilltop near the village of Berdavan in the Tavush Province, near the border with Azerbaijan. It is above sea level. His ...

is located on a nearby hilltop.

Toponymy

Historically, the village was called ''Tkhadzor'', then ''Ghalacha'', and in 1978 it was renamed ''Berdavan''.

History

The village of Ghalacha was relocated in 1893 – 1900. The relocation was due to the presence of mosquitos which were thought to bring

malaria Malaria is a mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects humans and other animals. Malaria causes symptoms that typically include fever, tiredness, vomiting, and headaches. In severe cases, it can cause jaundice, seizures, coma, or death. S ...

, but at the new site there were problems with access to drinking water. The school in Ghalacha was opened in 1906, after a period when there were no official schools in the area. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...

, Berdavan lost more than half of its male population, and during the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th ...

the village was heavily shelled. The village has a monument dedicated to the people who died in World War II.

Gallery

Berdavan village 2016.jpg, Berdavan in winter Армения - panoramio (6).jpg, Scenery around the village Berdavan fortress.jpg, Berdavan Fortress Բերդավանի սուրբ Նշան եկեղեցի 01.jpg, St. Nshan Church near Berdavan

References

External links

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