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Ramis, Armenia
Ramis (, ) is an ancient settlement in Goghtn Region of Armenia, currently named Urmis and included in Ordubad region of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by .... Numerous ruins found here prove that it has been inhabited for more than 2,000 years. Until the first quarter of 20th century, many Armenian families lived here. There are ruins of churches, mills, fortresses and the St. Astvatsatsin church, the latter built on the site of an ancient pagan religious building. See also * Urmis * St. Astvatsatsin Church *St. Sargis Church ( hy) {{Coord, 39.0719, 45.9827, display=title Populated places in Ordubad District ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goghtn
Goght’n (; also mentioned in sources as Goght’an, , and alternatively transliterated as ) was a canton () located in the province of Vaspurakan in historical Armenia. Its borders roughly corresponded to the modern Ordubad Rayon of Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan. Goght’n was well known for winemaking, the quality of its grape and fruit orchards. The region also was the birthplace of a number of prominent Armenian '' gusans'' (minstrels). The ancestors of the renowned twentieth-century Armenian composer and music ethnologist Komitas Vardapet were originally from Goght’n. Some of the region's oldest towns and villages have survived to this day, including Jugha (now Julfa) and Ordvat’ (modern-day Ordubad). History Early to medieval According to Movses Khorenatsi, King Tigran Ervanduni (of the Orontid line) of Armenia settled his wife and his daughters in an area to the east of ( Ararat) and up to Goght’n, in Tambat, Oskiokh, Djaghguyn and other settlements giving them also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armenia
Armenia, officially the Republic of Armenia, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of West Asia. It is a part of the Caucasus region and is bordered by Turkey to the west, Georgia (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Iran and the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, Nakhchivan to the south. Yerevan is the Capital city, capital, largest city and Economy of Armenia, financial center. The Armenian Highlands has been home to the Hayasa-Azzi, Shupria and Nairi. By at least 600 BC, an archaic form of Proto-Armenian language, Proto-Armenian, an Indo-European languages, Indo-European language, had diffused into the Armenian Highlands.Robert Drews (2017). ''Militarism and the Indo-Europeanizing of Europe''. Routledge. . p. 228: "The vernacular of the Great Kingdom of Biainili was quite certainly Armenian. The Armenian language was obviously the region's vernacular in the fifth century BC, when Persian commanders and Greek writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urmis
Urmis (also, Urumys) is a village in the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by .... See also * Ramis, Azerbaijan * St. Astvatsatsin Church *St. Sargis Church ( hy) References * Populated places in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic {{Nakhchivan-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordubad
Ordubad is the second largest city of Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic and the capital of an eponymous district. Ordubad is a medieval city of the Caucasus and in its current capacity of a town was founded in the 18th century. The town is divided into five districts: Ambaras, Kurdtatal, Mingis, Sarshahar, and Uch. Ordubad is well known for its exports of fruits and spices, and for its cuisine. Etymology ''Ordubad'' is a name of Turko-Persian origin and means "''army town''", from Turkic ''ordu'' ("army") and Persian ''bad'' ("town"), which implies that the city was founded during the period of the Mongol or the ensuing Il-Khanid rule. The historian and geographer Hamdallah Mustawfi (1281–1349) mentions Ordubad in the mid-14th century as "a provincial town, one of the five towns making up the ''tumān'' of Nakhchivan, with fine gardens, and producing good grapes, corn and cotton". French traveller Jean Saint-Martin mentions, in his 1818 book about the geography of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (, ) is a landlocked country, landlocked Enclave and exclave, exclave of the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republic with a population of 459,600. It is bordered by Armenia to the east and north, Iran to the southwest, and Turkey to the west. It is the sole autonomous republic of Azerbaijan, governed by Supreme Assembly (Nakhchivan), its own elected legislature. The republic, especially the capital city of Nakhchivan (city), Nakhchivan, has a long history dating back to about 1500 BC. ''Nakhijevan'' was one the Provinces of the kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), cantons of the historical Armenian province of Vaspurakan in the Kingdom of Armenia (antiquity), Kingdom of Armenia. Historically, the Persians, Armenians, Mongols, and Turkic peoples, Turks all competed for the region. The area that is now Nakhchivan became part of Safavid Iran in the 16th centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia (country), Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city. The territory of what is now Azerbaijan was ruled first by Caucasian Albania and later by various Persian empires. Until the 19th century, it remained part of Qajar Iran, but the Russo-Persian wars of Russo-Persian War (1804–1813), 1804–1813 and Russo-Persian War (1826–1828), 1826–1828 forced the Qajar Empire to cede its Caucasian territories to the Russian Empire; the treaties of Treaty of Gulistan, Gulistan in 1813 and Treaty of Turkmenchay, Turkmenchay in 1828 defined the border between Russia and Iran. The region north o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint Astvatsatsin Church (Ramis)
Saint Astvatsatsin Church, a destroyed Armenian Apostolic Church in the northwestern district of Ramis village of the Ordubad district of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (, ) is a landlocked country, landlocked Enclave and exclave, exclave of the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers Official portal of Nakhchivan Autonomous RepublicNakhchivan Autonomous Republi ....Ayvazyan, Argam. ''The Historical Monuments of Nakhchivan.'' Transl. Krikor H. Maksoudian. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 1990, p. 31. As of the 1980s, the church was standing.Արգամ Այվազյան, Նախիջևանի ԻՍՍՀ հայկական հուշարձանները։ Համահավաք ցուցակ, Երևան, «Հայաստան», 1986. pp. 46-47 The church was completely destroyed at some point between 2000 and 2009. History It was located on a high ground the northwest district of Ramis village. The church was built in the 12th century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
