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Aparan

Aparan (Armenian

Armenian language

The 'Armenian language' is an Indo-European language spoken by the Armenians. It is the official language of the Armenia as well as in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh....
: , also known as Abaran; until 1935, Bash Aparan; formerly, Aparanbol, Aparan Verin, Aparanpol, Abaran Verin, P’araznavert, K’asakh, Kasagh, and K’asagh) is a town in Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
, located in the Aragatsotn

Aragatsotn

Aragatsotn is a provinces of Armenia of Armenia. It is in the west of the country, and its capital is Ashtarak. The name means "a foot of Mount Aragats" ....
province, about 50 kilometers north-north-west of Yerevan

Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia. It is situated on the Hrazdan River, and is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country....
. It has a mixed population of Armenians

Armenians

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Aparan (Armenian

Armenian language

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in South Caucasus between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea....
, located in the Aragatsotn

Aragatsotn

Yerevan

Armenians

The Armenians are a nation and ethnic group originating in the Caucasus and in the Armenian Highlands. A large concentration of them has remained there, especially in Armenia, but many of them are also scattered elsewhere throughout the world ....
and Kurds, numbering 5,711 as of the 2001 census.. The city was called Bash Aparan (??? ??????; also Romanized as Bash Abaran, Pash Aparan, and Dash Abaron) until 1935. The inhabitants of Aparan, are known as Aparantsi (????????).

Geography

Aparan is located on Armenia's main north-south road which connects the Armenian capital Yerevan

Yerevan

Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia. It is situated on the Hrazdan River, and is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country....
with the second largest city, Vanadzor

Vanadzor

Vanadzor is the third-largest city in Armenia with a population of 107,394 and the capital of the Lori Province. It was previously known as Kirovakan during the Soviet era and as Karakilisa during the Tsarist period....
, and to Georgia and its capital Tbilisi

Tbilisi

Tbilisi , is the capital city and the largest city of Georgia , lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form Tpilisi and it was officially known as ?????? in Russian, until 1936....
.

History

The city was the site of an important Battle of Bash Abaran

Battle of Bash Abaran

The Battle of Bash Abaran was a battle of Caucasus Campaign of World War I that took place in the vicinity of Aparan, in 1918. The Ottoman Empire divisions attacked on May 21, but after three days of fierce combat the Armenians remained firm and the Turkish regiments retreated in defeat....
against the Turkish

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
army on May 21, 1918 during the Turkish-Armenian War

Turkish-Armenian War

The Turkish-Armenian War was a conflict fought between the Democratic Republic of Armenia and Turkish revolutionaries of the Turkish National Movement which lasted from 24 September to 2 December, 1920 and largely took place in present-day northeastern Turkey and northwestern Armenia....
, when the Turkish invasion of the newly independent Democratic Republic of Armenia

Democratic Republic of Armenia

The Democratic Republic of Armenia , 1918?1920, was the first modern establishment of an Armenian republic. The collapse of the Imperial Russia with the Russian Revolution of 1917 gave chance to the Armenian Revolutionary Federation to create the new republic which the leadership and the 103 of delegates from former Romanov realm belonged t...
was turned around. An impressive monument to the battle was erected just north of town. Aparan was listed by the geographer Ptolemy

Ptolemy

Claudius Ptolemaeus , known in English as Ptolemy , was a Roman Greek mathematics, Greek astronomy, geographer and astrologer. He lived in History of Roman Egypt, and was probably born there in a town in the Thebaid called Ptolemais Hermiou; he died in Alexandria around 168 AD....
in the 2nd century as Kasagh.

Sites of Interest

Monument to the Battle of Bash-Aparan
Mausoleum of General Dro
Drastamat Kanayan

General Drastamat Kanayan , was a politician, revolutionary, general and part of Armenian national liberation movement as a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation....
4^th Century Holy Sign (????? ????) Basilica of Aparan

Gallery

File:Monument to Battle of Bash-Aparan.jpg|Monument to the Battle of Bash-Aparan File:Drastamat Kanayan mausoleum.jpg|Mausoleum of General Dro

Drastamat Kanayan

General Drastamat Kanayan , was a politician, revolutionary, general and part of Armenian national liberation movement as a member of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation....
File:AparanChurch.jpg|Holy Sign of the Cross Basilica (4^th century)