page_title: Chambarak
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Chambarak / History
caption_attribution_description: Հայերեն: ճամբարակի Սուրգ Գրիգոր եկեղեցին This is a photo of a monument in Armenia identified by the ID 5.2/5
context_page_description: Chambarak, is a town and urban municipal community in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. It was known as Mikhaylovka until 1920, Karmir Gyugh between 1920 and 1971, and Krasnoselsk between 1972 and 1991. Chambarak was founded in 1835-40 as Mikhaylovka on the Getik River by Russian immigrants. Karmir Gyugh and Krasnosyelsk both mean "Red Village" in Armenian and Russian respectively. As per the 2011 census, the population of the town was 5,853.
context_section_description: Originally, the village of Mikhaylovka was gradually formed between 1740 and 1785 by Russian Molokan migrants who moved from the areas of Samara and Saratov of the Russian Empire. The village occupied the place of the older Armenian settlement of Chambarak. With the sovietization of Armenia in 1920, Mikhaylovka was renamed Karmir Gyugh (Red Village). In December 1937, the Krasnoselsk Raion was formed as an administrative division of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, with the village of Karmir Gyugh as its centre. 
  In 1971, Karmir Gyugh was enlarged with the merger of the nearby settlements of Verin (upper) and Nerkin (lower) Chambarak, and turned into an urban-type settlement. The following year, the settlement was officially renamed Krasnoselsk.
  After the independence of Armenia, Krasnoselsk was renamed Chambarak in 1992 and became an urban community (municipality).
caption: The remains of Surp Grigor Church in Chambarak, dating back to 1029
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