Martuni, Armenie

For the veelage o the same name locatit on the northren side o Lake Sevan, see Martuni (veelage). Martuni (Մարտունի, Romanised as Martuny an aw; oreeginally, Mets Kznut, frae 1830-1922, Karanlug, Nerkin Karanlukh, Nerkin Gharanlugh, an Roushifee'd as Nizhniy-Karanlug) is a ceety locatit in the Gegharkunik Province (marz) o Armenie. It is near Lake Sevan whilk is a lairgest lake in the Caucasus. Its population is estimatit tae be 11,987 as o 2008. In auncient times it wis kent as Mets Kznut, but frae 1830-1922 it wis cried Nerkin Gharanlugh an in 1926 it wis chyngit tae Martuni in honour o the first Soviet premier o Armenie, Aleksandr Myasnikyan, whase nom de guerre wis "Martuni". Martuni wis the umwhile caipital o Gegharkunik Province. Martuni haes a kirk cried Astvatsatsin kirk whilk wis rebuilt in 1886. There is an Iron Age fort excavatit in 1997 bi an Armenie-Italian team an aw. Sports Alashkert Martuni (fitbaa club) References Martuni, Armenie at GEOnet Names Server World Gazeteer: Armenia – World-Gazetteer.com Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 45; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.