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5 unusual facts about Shirak Province


Ani

By the early 9th century the former territories of the Kamsarakans in Arsharunik and Shirak (including Ani) had been incorporated into the territories of the Armenian Bagratuni dynasty.

Holy Saviour's monastery of Yerazgavors

The St. Amenap'rkitch was commissioned by the Bagratid King Smbat I in Yerazgavors (Shirakashat) town in Shirak district of Historical Armenia's Ayrarat region.

Pahlavuni

They were forced to sell their hereditary princedoms to the Bagratunis, such as the regions of Shirak and Arsharunik.

Tondrakians

The movement quickly spread to Shirak, Turuberan and the Armenian regions of Taron, Hark and Mananali that were subject to Byzantium, after acquiring the nature of people's liberation struggle against the Byzantine expansion to their overall ideology.

Treaty of Kars

The treaty required Turkish troops to withdraw from an area roughly corresponding to the western half of Armenia's present-day Shirak Province (including Alexandropol (Gyumri)).


Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute

Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute (GSPI) named after M. Nalbandian (Armenian Մ. Նալբանդյանի Անվան Գյումրու Պետական Մանկավարժական Ինստիտուտ) is a public university located in Gyumri, Shirak Province, Armenia.


see also

Balikli

Zorakert or Balikli, a town in the Shirak Province of Armenia

Musayelyan

Basen, Armenia, a village in the eastern part of Shirak province, Armenia formerly known as Musayelyan