Hoktember
Hoktember (Armenie: Հոկտեմբեր, Romanisit as Oktember an aw; till 1935, Sardarapat) is a toun in the Armavir Province o Armenie.
Hoktember Հոկտեմբեր | |
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  Hoktember | |
| Coordinates: 40°08′10″N 44°00′50″E / 40.13611°N 44.01389°E | |
| Kintra | Armenie |
| Province | Armavir |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 5,809 |
Bi the ceety is the steid o the important Persian fortress Sardari Berd. This wis biggit aroond 1810 wi Breetish technical assistance bi Sardar Hosein Qoli Khan Qajar, (Sardari Iravani) last an best o the Persie Qajar govrenors o the Erivan Khanate, uisin stanes taken frae the ruins o auncient Armavir, some still bearin traces o cuneiform inscriptions. Uised as admeenistrative centre for the Sardarapat destrict an simmer residence o the Khan o Erevan, the fortress wis taken bi the Roushies unner General Paskevich in 1828, despite stout defence bi Hasan Khan Sardari Iravani, Hosein's brither. Amaist nae trace o the fortress is left, this remnant o foreign rule haein been dismantled tae build Soviet Armenie.
A major featur o the ceety is the Sardarapat Monument commemoratin the Battle o Sardarapat.
Syne 1967, the toun haes includit the ance unthirlt toun o Norapat.[1]
References
eedit- ↑ Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 37, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived 2008-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
- World Gazeteer: Armenia[deid airtin] – World-Gazetteer.com
- Hoktember at GEOnet Names Server
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 37; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie