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Nor Armavir

village in Armavir Province of Armenia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ2222055 ↗
Source-derived summary

Nor Armavir (Armenian: Նոր Արմավիր, meaning "New Armavir") is a village in the Armavir Province of Armenia. Founded in 1923 by Armenian refugees from Turkey, adjacent to the ancient Urartian city of Argištiḫinili. The village was named after the ancient city of Armavir, whose ruins are located 3 km west of the village. The village is known primarily for being the site of the Battle of Sardarabad during the Caucasus Campaign in 1918.

See also

Armavir Province

References

Nor Armavir at GEOnet Names Server

World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia

Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.

Editorial summary

“Nor Armavir” enters the record as village in Armavir Province of Armenia. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Armavir, village and Province can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1923, 1918, 2001, 2000—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1923. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Armavir, village and Province.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Nor Armavir” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Armavir, village and Province provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2222055. Authority coordinates are 40.087, 43.990. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1923, 1918, 2001 and 2000.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Nor Armavir”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Nor Armavir primary sources, Nor Armavir archive and Armavir research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Nor Armavir”?
  2. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
  3. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
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This entry incorporates text from “Nor Armavir” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.