40°57′48″N 44°39′06″E / 40.96333°N 44.65167°E
Dsegh
Դսեղ | |
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  Dsegh | |
| Coordinates: 40°57′48″N 44°39′06″E / 40.96333°N 44.65167°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Lori |
| Elevation | 1,225 m (4,019 ft) |
| Population (2008) | |
| • Total | 2,698 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
| Website | www.dsegh.am |
Dsegh (Armenian: Դսեղ), known as Tumanyan between 1938 and 1969, is a village in the Lori Province of Armenia. It is located about 13 km south of the city of Alaverdi, on the high right bank of the Debed River, on a peninsula surrounded by forests, on the western side of which is the Debed Gorge.[1]
Dsegh is famous as the birthplace of the celebrated Armenian poet Hovhannes Tumanyan,[2] after whom it was named from 1938 to 1969. Numerous sites of historical significance are located in the village, including two churches from the 7th and 8th centuries and a medieval cemetery with khachkars.[1]
- ^ a b Hakobyan, T. Kh.; Melik-Bakhshyan, St. T.; Barseghyan, H. Kh. (1986). "Հայաստանի եւ հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան, Թ.Խ. Հակոբյան, Ստ.Տ. Մելիք-Բախշյան, Հ.Խ. Բարսեղյան - Դսեղ" [Dictionary of place names of Armenia and neighboring regions]. www.nayiri.com (in Armenian). Yerevan: Yerevan University Publishing House. pp. 143–992. Retrieved 2022-07-08.
- ^ Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 67, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website Archived June 26, 2008, at the Wayback Machine