Mkhchyan ( hy, Մխչյան) is a village in the

Artashat Municipality Artashat ( hy, Արտաշատ); Hellenized as Artaxata ( el, Ἀρτάξατα) and Artaxiasata ( grc, Ἀρταξιάσατα), was a large commercial city and the capital of ancient Armenia during the reign of king Artaxias I; the founder of ...

of the

Ararat Province Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat. The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan ...

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 ''O ...

near the

Armenia–Turkey border The Armenia–Turkey border ( hy, Հայաստան–Թուրքիա սահման, translit=Hayastan–T’urk’ia sahman, tr, Ermenistan–Türkiye sınırı) is 311 km (193 m) in length and runs from the tripoint with Georgia in the north ...

. The town is named after Liparit Mkchyan, a Soviet commander killed in 1921.Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 25, available online at th
US embassy to Armenia's website

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World Gazeteer: Armenia
– World-Gazetteer.com * Populated places in Ararat Province Yazidi populated places in Armenia {{AraratAM-geo-stub