Karmirgyugh () is a village in the

Gavar Municipality Gegharkunik (, ) is a province ('' marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik is inhabited by approximately 209,669 people and the majority are ethnic Armenians. Gegharkunik Province is located at the eastern part o ...

of the

Gegharkunik Province Gegharkunik (, ) is a provinces of Armenia, province (''Administrative divisions of Armenia, marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is Gavar. Gegharkunik is inhabited by approximately 209,669 people and the majority are ethnic Armenian ...

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 ...

Etymology

The village is also known as ''Gyukh'', and was known as ''Kulali'' and ''Ghulali'' until 1940.

History

The village was founded in 1831 by emigrants from

Gavar Gavar ( ) is a town in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Gavar Municipality and the Gegharkunik Province. It is situated among the high mountains of Gegham range to the west of Lake Sevan, with an average height of 1982 meter ...

. It contains two churches with

khachkar A ''khachkar'' (also spelled as ''khatchkar'') or Armenian cross-stone (, , խաչ ''xačʿ'' "cross" + քար ''kʿar'' "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosette (design), rosettes ...

s, St. Astvatsatsin and St. Grigor, and was the discovery site of a boundary stone of King Artashes, inscribed in

Aramaic Aramaic (; ) is a Northwest Semitic language that originated in the ancient region of Syria and quickly spread to Mesopotamia, the southern Levant, Sinai, southeastern Anatolia, and Eastern Arabia, where it has been continually written a ...

. There are also

Urartian Urartian or Vannic is an extinct Hurro-Urartian language which was spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu (''Biaini'' or ''Biainili'' in Urartian), which was centered on the region around Lake Van and had its capital, Tushp ...

ruins nearby.

Gallery

Կարմիրգյուղի սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի 15.jpg, St. Astvatsatsin Church Mountain with Karmirgyugh 07.jpg, Scenery around Karmirgyugh Կարմիրգյուղի սուրբ Գրիգոր եկեղեցի 01.jpg, St. Grigor Church Mountain with Karmirgyugh 17.jpg, A view of Karmirgyugh and surrounding mountains Կարմիրգյուղի սուրբ Գրիգոր եկեղեցի 25.jpg, St. Grigor Church and khachkars Կարմիրգյուղի Ս. Աստվածածին.jpg, St. Astvatsatsin Church

References

External links

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