Nakhichevan-on-Don also known as Nor Nakhichevan is an Armenian

Armenians

Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....

-populated region in the city of Rostov-on-Don

Rostov-on-Don

-History:The mouth of the Don River has been of great commercial and cultural importance since the ancient times. It was the site of the Greek colony Tanais, of the Genoese fort Tana, and of the Turkish fortress Azak...

, Russia

Russia

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. In 1778, Catherine the Great invited Armenian merchants from the Crimea

Crimea

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 to Russia. After moving to the area, they established a settlement on the Don

Don River (Russia)

The Don River is one of the major rivers of Russia. It rises in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 kilometres southeast from Tula, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,950 kilometres to the Sea of Azov....

, which they named "Nor Nakhichevan", after one of the ancient areas of Armenia

Armenia

Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia...

, Nakhichevan

Nakhichevan

The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is a landlocked exclave of Azerbaijan. The region covers 5,363 km² and borders Armenia to the east and north, Iran to the south and west, and Turkey to the northwest...

, now an exclave of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...

. In 1928 Nor Nakhichevan was combined with Rostov-on-Don.

People associated with Nakhichevan-on-Don

• Raphael Patkanian
  Raphael Patkanian
  Raphael Patkanian was one of the most popular Armenian poets. - Biography :...
  
   (1830–1892), Armenian writer
• Mikael Nalbandian
  Mikael Nalbandian
  Mikael Nalbandian was an Armenian writer who dominated 19th century Armenian literature, author of the Armenian national anthem text.-Biography:...
  
   (1839–1866), Armenian writer
• Mardiros Sarian (1880–1972), Armenian painter
• Simon Vratsian
  Simon Vratsian
  Simon Vratsian was an Armenian political figure and the last Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Armenia.After education at Armenian and Russian schools he joined the Dashnak party. He received further education at the Gevorgian seminary from 1900 to 1906...
  
   (1882–1969), Prime Minister
  Prime Minister of Armenia
  The Prime Minister of Armenia is the most senior minister within the Armenian government, and is required by the constitution to "oversee the Government's regular activities and coordinate the work of the Ministers." The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of Armenia, but can be removed by...
  
   of the Democratic Republic of Armenia
  Democratic Republic of Armenia
  The Democratic Republic of Armenia was the first modern establishment of an Armenian state...
  
  
• 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
  Sergei Galadzhev
  Sarkis Theodorosi Galajyan was an Armenian-Soviet general and a political officer.-Early life:Born to an impoverished family, he started working in a...
  
   (1902–1954), Soviet general.
• Kevork Vartanian (born 1924), Soviet intelligence agent
• Seyran Khatlamajhian (1937–1994), Armenian painter
• Ashod Melkonian, Armenian painter
• Aleksandr Myasnikyan
  Aleksandr Myasnikyan
  Aleksandr Teodorosi Myasnikyan a.k.a. Aleksandr Fyodorovich Myasnikov was a prominent Bolshevik of Armenian descent....
  
  , 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