Sardarapat (), is a major village in the

Armavir province Armavir (, ), is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz'') in the western part of Armenia. Located in the Ararat plain dominated by Mount Ararat from the south and Mount Aragats from the north, the province's capital is the tow ...

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. The settlement was originally known as Sardarapat until 1935 when it was renamed Hoktember (October) in memory of the 1917

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. In 1967, the village of Norapat was absorbed by Hoktember.Kiesling, ''Rediscovering Armenia'', p. 37, available online at th
US embassy to Armenia's website
However, the original name of the village was restored in 2009. The name ''Sardarapat'' is derived from the major

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fortress of Sardari Berd, built around 1810 by the last

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governor of the

Erivan Khanate The Erivan Khanate (), also known as , was a Khanates of the Caucasus, khanate (i.e., province) that was established in Afsharid dynasty, Afsharid Iran in the 18th century. It covered an area of roughly 19,500 km2, and corresponded to most o ...

;

Hossein Khan Sardar Hossein Qoli Khan Qajar Sardar Iravani () was a statesman and commander in Qajar Iran, who was the last khan (governor) of the Erivan Khanate from 1807 to 1828. A member of the Qajar tribe and a close relative of the Qajar dynasty, Hossein Qol ...

, with British technical assistance using stones taken from the ruins of ancient Armavir. Many of the stones are still bearing traces of

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inscriptions. The town was set as administrative centre for the Sardarapat district and summer residence of the Khan of Erivan. The Sardar's fortress was taken by the Russians under General Paskevich in 1828, despite stout defense by Sardar Hasan Khan. Currently, almost no trace of the fortress is left. The Sardarapat Memorial commemorating the Battle of Sardarapat is located in the nearby village of

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References

World Gazetteer: Armenia
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