Sardarapat

Sardarapat

Sardarapat Village

• Sardarapat (Armenian: Սարդարապատ), is a major village in the Armavir province of Armenia. The settlement was originally known as Sardarapat until 1935 when it was renamed Hoktember (October) in memory of the 1917 October Revolution.

  In 1967, the village of Norapat was absorbed by Hoktember.^[1] However, the original name of the village was restored in 2009.

  
  

Multiple Choice

Grammar time: Which sentence is correctly ordered?

• The settlement was originally known as Sardarapat.

• The settlement was known originally as Sardarapat.

Fill in the Blanks

Vocabulary time: Which word in the passage means 'բնակավայր՛

Sardarapat Village

• The name Sardarapat is derived from the major Persian fortress of Sardari Berd, built around 1810 by the last Persian Qajar governor of the Erivan Khanate; Sardar Hosein Qoli Khan Qajar, with British technical assistance using stones taken from the ruins of ancient Armavir. Many of the stones are still bearing traces of cuneiform inscriptions.

  
  

Grammar time: We form the Passive voice by the following formula: (to be) + participle 2.

to be =

am, is, are (Simple Present)

was, were (Simple Past)

will be (Future Simple)

Participle 2 =

verb + ed (regular verbs) -> worked, walked, played, derived

the third row of the irregular verbs -> gone, done, spoken

Multiple Choice

Choose the Passive sentence.

• The name Sardarapat is derived from the major Persian fortress of Sardari Berd.

• Many of the stones are still bearing traces of cuneiform inscriptions.

Sardarapat Village

• The town was set as the administrative centre for the Sardarapat district and the summer residence of the Khan of Erivan. The Sardar's fortress was taken by the Russians under General Paskevich in 1828, despite stout defense by Sardar Hasan Khan.

• Currently, almost no trace of the fortress is left.

• The Sardarapat Memorial commemorating the Battle of Sardarapat is located in the nearby village of Araks

Multiple Choice

The word 'շրջան՛ means

• district

• administrative centre