39°52′28″N 44°35′57″E / 39.87444°N 44.59917°E / 39.87444; 44.59917

Lusarat
Լուսառատ
Lusarat as viewed from Khor Virap Monastery
Lusarat as viewed from Khor Virap Monastery
Lusarat is located in Armenia
Lusarat
Lusarat
Lusarat is located in Ararat
Lusarat
Lusarat
Coordinates: 39°52′28″N 44°35′57″E / 39.87444°N 44.59917°E / 39.87444; 44.59917
CountryArmenia
ProvinceArarat
MunicipalityVedi
Population
 (2008)
  Total2,384
Time zoneUTC+4

Lusarat (Armenian: Լուսառատ) is a village in the Vedi Municipality of the Ararat Province of Armenia. It is situated adjacent to the Armenia–Turkey border. Azerbaijanis lived with the Armenians in the village before the exodus of Azerbaijanis from Armenia after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]

Name

The village was previously known until 1968 as Khor Virap or Shikhlar (Azerbaijani: Şıxlar).[2]

Monuments

In the village is a statue of an early 20th-century Armenian fedayi; armed defensive militia units that voluntarily defended the territory from outside forces.[3]

The Khor Virap Monastery is also located close to the village.

References

  1. "The light of Ararat". esiweb.org. European Stability Initiative. 21 April 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  2. 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.
  3. Kiesling, Brady (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 58. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.
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