The Shamshadin District () was a ''

raion A raion (also spelt rayon) is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet states. The term is used for both a type of subnational entity and a division of a city. The word is from the French (meaning 'honeycomb, department'), and is c ...

'' (district) of the

Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic The Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (ArSSR), also known as Soviet Armenia, or simply Armenia, was one of the Republics of the Soviet Union, constituent republics of the Soviet Union, located in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Soviet Armenia ...

from 1929 and later in 1991 of the

Republic of 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 to the north and Azerbaijan to the east, and Ir ...

until its disestablishment in 1995. The Shamshadin district today constitutes a southeastern part of the

Tavush Province Tavush (, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province of Armenia located at the northeast of Armenia, bordered by Georgia (country), Georgia from the north and Azerbaijan from the east. Internally, Tavush borders the Gegharkunik Province ...

( ''marz''). Its administrative centre was the town of

Berd Berd ( ) is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia. It is the administrative centre of Berd Municipality. The town is located to the west of the Tavush River, from Yerevan, surrounded by low mountains. Near the city are the ruins of the 10th ...

History

The Shamshadin district was formed on the territory of the Armenian SSR on 24 June 1929, originally a part of the Dilijan uezd which had been separated from the tsarist

Kazakh uezd The Kazakh ''uezd'' was a county (''uezd'') of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire and later of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic with its center in Kazakh (present-day Qazax) from 1868 until its formal abolition in 1929 by the Sov ...

in 1921. Shortly after the

breakup of the Soviet Union The Soviet Union was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration No. 142-N of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Declaration No. 142-Н of ...

, the administration of the Republic of Armenia consolidated the Shamshadin,

Noyemberyan Noyemberyan () is a town and urban municipal community in the Noyemberyan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. It is located 2 km west of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border and 9 km south of the Armenia-Georgia border. As of the ...

and

Ijevan Ijevan ( ) is a town and urban municipal community in the Ijevan Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia, also serving as the province's administrative centre. It is located at the center of the region, at the foot of Ijevan ridge of Guga ...

districts into the larger Tavush Province.

Villages

There were 16 villages in the Shamshadin District: *

Aygedzor Aygedzor () is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The Aghjkaberd mountain fortress is located close to Aygedzor. Toponymy The village was previously known as ''Kulali''. Gallery Այգեձորի «Աղջ� ...

* Aygepar *

Artsvaberd Artsvaberd () is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of 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 b ...

Varagavan Varagavan () is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of Armenia. The 13th-century Nor Varagavank Nor Varagavank () is a 13th-century Armenian Apostolic Church monastic ensemble situated 3.5 km southwest of the village V ...

* Verin Karmiraghbyur * Movses * Navur * Nerkin Karmiraghbyur * Norashen * Paravakar *

Tavush Tavush (, ) 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 the southwest, and ...

* Chinari * Chinchin * Choratan *

Verin Tsaghkavan Verin Tsaghkavan () is a village in the Berd Municipality of the Tavush Province of 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 a ...

Notable people

* Hayk Chobanyan *

Sarkis Ordyan Sarkis Ordyan (; December 20, 1918 – 2003) was a Ukrainian-Armenian painter. Biography He was born to unknown parents in the village of Aigedzor, in the Shamshadin region of Armenia (now part of the Tavush province). Ordyan was married t ...

* Vardan Stepanyan * Sassun Mkrtchyan

Notes

References

Tavush Province Districts of Armenia Geography of Tavush Province {{Armenia-geo-stub