Surenavan () is a village in the
Ararat Municipality
Ararat (, ) 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 Autonomous Republi ...
of the
Ararat Province
Ararat (, ) is a administrative divisions of Armenia, province (''marz (territorial entity), marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat, Armenia, Artashat.
The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It i ...
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 (country), Georgia to the north and Azerbaijan to ...
. The village was renamed in 1946 in honor of
Suren Spandaryan
Suren Spandari Spandaryan (; 1882 in Tiflis – 24 September 1916) was an Armenian revolutionary in the Russian Empire, literary critic, publicist and one of the founders of the Bolsheviks, Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour ...
, a revolutionary. In tourist routes this village is indicated as a “village of storks” due to the birds nesting here.
References
*
World Gazetteer: Armenia– World-Gazetteer.com
*
Populated places in Ararat Province
{{AraratAM-geo-stub