Aghjaarkh is a village in the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Gurdugulu (Hoktemberyan) district. The provincial centre lies 7 km to the southeast from the town of Serdarabad (Hoktemberyan, Armavir). It was marked in “The Iravan Province Review Book”, on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was inhabitated by 129 Azerbaijanis in 1831, 508 in 1873, 669 in 1886, 822 in 1897, 720 in 1904, 763 in 1914 and 709 Azerbaijanis in 1916. In 1918 the Azerbaijanis were deported having been exposed to Armenian aggression. The Armenians removed from abroad were then settled in the village. The surviving Azerbaijanis managed to return to their historical-ethnic territories after the establishment of Soviet power in the present- day Armenian territory. Along with the Armenians, the village was also inhabitated by Azerbaijanis: 137 in 1922, 159 in 1926. Under pressure, the Azerbaijanis living in the village were deported in 1930.

The toponym was coined from the word “aghja” meaning “whitish” and the word “arkh” used in Azerbaijani to denote “an irrigation ditch”. The village was called “Aghjaarkh” owing to the transparency of the water flowing through its territory.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 4 April 1946, it was renamed “Arevik”. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Armavir province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude: 40°06′ N., longitude: 44°05′ E.