Lori region

In the north of the country it borders with Georgia , in the east with the Tavush region , in the southeast with the Kotayk region , in the south-west with the Aragatsotn region , in the west with the Shirak region . The administrative center is Vanadzor , other cities are Stepanavan , Spitak , Tumanyan , Alaverdi , Tashir , Akhtala , Shamlug . Lori region is rich in forests. The region has developed forestry, as well as pig and sheep husbandry .

The early Paleolithic includes the stratified monument of Kurtan I , where Acheulean industries were found ^{[2] [3]} . According to the totality of the data (absolute dating of the underlying ashes, paleomagnetic data, age range of rhinoceros teeth found earlier), the age of the Kurtan I cultural deposits is approx. 1 million years ^[4] .

From the II century BC er according to the 5th century er The territory of the region was part of Great Armenia . Since 861, it was part of the Armenian kingdom under the Bagratid dynasty. Subsequently, feudal fragmentation led to the formation of the Tashir-Dzoragetsky kingdom here in 978. Then the brother of the king of Armenia Smbat II - Gurgen I received the title of king , having founded the Tashir-Dzoragetian line of the Bagratids . The territory of the Tashir-Dzoragetsky kingdom was located in the territories of modern countries of Armenia , Georgia and Azerbaijan . In the years 1118-1122, Lori was conquered by the king of the Kingdom of Georgia, David IV the Builder, and transferred under the control of the Orbeli clan. A few years after their unsuccessful uprising in 1177 in 1185, Lori was transferred to the Zakaryan family.

In 1280, Lori was conquered by the Mongols.

In the years 1286-1346, George V the brilliant king of the Georgian kingdom returned Lori. In subsequent years, until the collapse of united Georgia in 1490, the territory was part of the Georgian kingdom , after which it was part of one of the Georgian kingdom.

In 1555, after Peace in Amasya, Lori passed to the Safavids administratively entering Kartli - Kakheti province, into the Kartli kingdom

In 1762-1801 it was part of the Kartli-Kakheti kingdom .

In the years 1801-1840, Lori was part of the Georgian province .

In the years 1840-1846 was part of the Georgian-Imereti province

In the years 1846-1917 as part of the Tiflis province

In 1918, after the Armenian-Georgian war , a neutral zone was formed in Lori.

On July 7, 1921, the plenum of the Caucasus Bureau, with the participation of Stalin, as well as the People’s Commissars of Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Georgia and the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia Svanidze and Mravyan, decided to add the former neutral zone of Lori to the Soviet Socialist Republic of Armenia.

The modern Lori region was formed by the law on the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia dated November 7, 1995, as a result of the unification of the Gugark , Tashir , Spitak , Stepanavan and Tumanyan regions of Armenia ^[5] .

The name Lori comes from the Armenian “lore” ( Armenian լոր ) - quail ^[6] .

National composition

In the Lori region there are monuments included in the UNESCO World Heritage List - the monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin .

• Hovhannes Matinyan (1996-1997)
• Vigen Khachatryan (1997)
• Stepan Ayvazyan (1997-1998)
• Henrik Kochinyan (1998-2006)
• Aram Kocharyan (2006—2011)
• Arthur Nalbandyan (2011—2018)
• Hrant Margaryan (2018)
• Andrey Ghukasyan (since 2018)

• Administrative division of Armenia
• Forests of Armenia
• Recreational Resources of Armenia

• Regional tourism (Russian)
• Lists of monuments (Russian)
• Travel Guide
• Information on the website of the Ministry of Urban Development of Armenia (English)
• Cultural and historical monuments of Lori
• Temples of the Lori region (English)
• Hotels of the Lori region (Russian)
• Regional Library (Russian)
• The page of the house of the museum Zoryana (English)