Zaritap () is a village in the

Vayk Municipality Vayk Municipality, referred to as Vayk Community ( ''Vayk Hamaynk''), is an urban community and administrative subdivision of Vayots Dzor Province of Armenia, at the southeastern end of the country. Consisted of a group of settlements, its adminis ...

of the

Vayots Dzor Province Vayots Dzor (, ) is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. It lies at the southeastern end of the country, bordering the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan to the west and the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan to the east. It covers an area of . With a ...

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 ...

. For a time the village was renamed in honor of

Meshadi Azizbekov Mashadi Azizbey oghlu Azizbeyov, also spelled Azizbekov (; ; January 6, 1876 - September 20, 1918) was a Soviet Union, Soviet revolutionary of Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani origin, leader of the revolutionary movement in Azerbaijan, one of the ...

, an early Bolshevik and one of the

26 Baku Commissars The 26 Baku Commissars were Bolshevik and Left SR, Left Socialist Revolutionary (SR) members of the Baku Commune. The commune was established in the city of Baku, which was then the capital of the briefly independent Azerbaijan Democratic Repub ...

. In the vicinity are 13th-century

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 and the traces of an old fort.

Etymology

The village was previously known as ''Azizbekov'', ''Pashalu'' and ''Pashaghu''.

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* Populated places in Vayots Dzor Province {{VayotsDzor-geo-stub