Nakhichevan-on-Don

Nakhichevan-on-Don (Russian: Нахичевань-на-Дону, Russian pronunciation: [nɐxʲɪt͡ɕɪˈvan nɐdɐˈnu]), also known as Nor Nakhichevan (Armenian: Նոր Նախիջևան, Armenian pronunciation: [noɾ nɑχitʃʰɛˈvɑn] literally New Nakhichevan, as opposed to the old Nakhchivan City) is an Armenian-populated region in the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia. In 1778, Catherine the Great invited Armenian merchants from the Crimea to Russia. After moving to the area, they established a settlement on the Don, which they named "Nor Nakhichevan", after one of the ancient areas of Armenia, Nakhichevan, now an exclave of Azerbaijan. In 1928 Nor Nakhichevan was combined with Rostov-on-Don.

People associated with Nakhichevan-on-Don

• Raphael Patkanian (1830–1892), Armenian writer
• Mikael Nalbandian (1839–1866), Armenian writer
• Mardiros Sarian (1880–1972), Armenian painter
• Simon Vratsian (1882–1969), Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
• Sarkis Lukashin (Srabionian) (1883–1937), chairman of the Soviet Armenian Council of People's Commissars (1922–1925)
• Aved Der-Kaprielian (1899–1983), Armenian musician, violinist and pedagogue
• Gregorio Sciltian (1900–1985), Armenian painter
• Sarkis Galajhian (1902–1954), Soviet general.
• Kevork Vartanian (born 1924), Soviet intelligence agent
• Seyran Khatlamajhian (1937–1994), Armenian painter
• Ashod Melkonian, Armenian painter
• Aleksandr Myasnikyan, chairman of the Soviet Armenian Council of People's Commissars (1921–1922)

Sources

• R.G. Hovanissian (ed.) The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times Volume Two (Palgrave Macmillan, 2004), p. 110

External links

• A history of Rostov and Nor Nakhichevan