Stock-Breeding Peasants' Monument :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Stock-Breeding Peasants' Monument

RA (Republic of Armenia) / Tavush / Noyemberian / Voskepar

Location

This monument, which is also known as Tsamak (Dried up) Spring, stands slightly higher than the aforementioned winged cross, about a km south-west of Voskepar, at an altitude of 1,026 metres above sea level (N 41°03՛29.94՛՛; E 045°02՛29.04՛՛).

Karapetian Samvel, The Historical Monuments of Voskepar, Yerevan, 2013, p. 27.

Historical Introduction

It is perhaps the only monument throughout the Republic of Armenia dedicated to stock-breeding peasants who spend summer months in mountain pastures.

Karapetian Samvel, The Historical Monuments of Voskepar, Yerevan, 2013, p. 27.

It was erected in the late 1990s through the united efforts of the people of Voskepar.

Karapetian Samvel, The Historical Monuments of Voskepar, Yerevan, 2013, p. 27.

Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 2012 y․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Tsamak (Dried up) Spring