Shamshadin District

Shamshadin District Շամշադինի շրջան
District
The Shamshadin District in Armenia
Country	Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Armenia
Established	24 June 1929
Abolished	11 April 1995
Capital	Berd
Area
• Total	829.21 km^2 (320.16 sq mi)
Population  (1989)
• Total	34,559
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)

The Shamshadin District (Armenian: Շամշադինի շրջան) was a raion (district) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1929 and later in 1991 of the Republic of Armenia until its disestablishment in 1995. The Shamshadin district today constitutes a southeastern part of the Tavush Province (marz). Its administrative centre was the town of Berd.

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 in 1921.[1]

Shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the administration of the Republic of Armenia consolidated the Shamshadin, Noyemberyan and Ijevan districts into the larger Tavush Province.[2]

Villages

There were 16 villages in the Shamshadin District:

• Berd
• Aygedzor
• Aygepar
• Artsvaberd
• Varagavan
• Verin Karmiraghbyur
• Movses
• Navur
• Nerkin Karmiraghbyur
• Norashen
• Paravakar
• Tavush
• Chinari
• Chinchin
• Choratan
• Verin Tsaghkavan

Notable people

• Hayk Chobanyan
• Sarkis Ordyan
• Vardan Stepanyan
• Sassun Mkrtchyan

Notes

References

1. Tsutsiev, Arthur (2014), Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, New Haven and London, p. 84, ISBN 978-0-300-15308-8, OCLC 884858065, retrieved 2021-12-25
2. "Legislation: National Assembly of RA". www.parliament.am. Retrieved 2021-06-18.

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