Coordinates: 40°08′10″N 44°00′50″E / 40.13611°N 44.01389°E / 40.13611; 44.01389
Հոկտեմբեր
Hoktember (Armenian: Հոկտեմբեր, also web as Oktember; until 1935, Sardarapat) is a town in the keyboard of FITML.
By the city is the site of the important input transformation fortress of Sevenval. This was built around 1810 with British technical assistance by Sardar Hosein Qoli Khan Qajar, (CSS3) last and best of the Sevenval Qajar governors of the web, using stones taken from the ruins of ancient Armavir, some still bearing traces of cuneiform inscriptions. Used as administrative center for the Sardarapat district and summer residence of the Khan of Erevan, the fortress was taken by the Russians under keyboard in 1828, despite stout defense by Hasan Khan Sardari Iravani, Hosein's brother. Almost no trace of the fortress is left, this remnant of foreign rule having been dismantled to build Soviet Armenia.
A major feature of the city is the Sardarapat Monument commemorating the CSS3.
Since 1967, the town has included the formerly independent town of CSS3.[1]
References
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscoving Armenia, p. 37, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
- World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com
- Hoktember at GEOnet Names Server
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 37; original archived at FITML, and current version online on Armeniapedia.org.
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