Kharratli

Kharratli is a village in the Iravan uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Zangibasar (Masis) district, and currently in the Ararat province. The provincial centre is located 16 km to the northwest of the town of Gamarli, at a height of 830 m above sea level. Before the establishment of the Zangibasar district (14.01.1969), it was a part of Gamarli (Artashat) district. It was marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 183 in 1831, 303 in 1873, 245 in 1886, 202 in 1897, 373 in 1908, 571 in 1914, 192 in 1916, 496 in 1918 and 160 Azerbaijanis in 1919. In the autumn of 1919 the Azerbaijanis were deported by Armenian armed forces. The surviving Azerbaijanis managed to return to their villages following the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia. The village was inhabited by 61 Azerbaijanis in 1922, 102 Azerbaijanis and 62 Armenians in 1926, 136 Azerbaijanis and 59 Armenians in 1931. According to the decision of the USSR Council of Ministers “On the resettlement of collective farmers and other Azerbaijani population from the Armenian SSR to the Kur-Araz lowland of the Azerbaijan SSR” dated 23 December 1947, the population of the village was forcibly deported to Azerbaijan. The Armenians removed from Iran, Türkiye and Lebanon were settled there. At present, the village is inhabited by Armenians only.

The toponym was formed on the basis of the name of the “Harratli” Turkic tribe meaning an art.

By the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR dated 25 January 1978, it was renamed “Arevabuyr”. 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 Ararat province.

Geographical coordinates: latitude: 40°02’ N., longitude: 44°28’ E.