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Aran Monuments

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Location

Aran extends about 17 kilometres south-east of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.

Historical Introduction
1770 y․

Sharing the fate of the other Armenian-inhabited villages of the region, it was stripped o f its population in the 1770s.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.

In the Soviet years, the village was under the jurisdiction of Yankhli Village Council.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.

The toponym of Arandur is mentioned in an epitaph found in the cemetery of Metz (Greater) Shulaver, where the Armenians of Aran found shelter after they had abandoned their native village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Arandur