Varser : Etymology, History, Gallery Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Varser

Place in Gegharkunik, Armenia

Varser Վարսեր
A view of Varser
40°33′16″N 44°54′29″E / 40.55444°N 44.90806°E / 40.55444; 44.90806
Country	Armenia
Province	Gegharkunik
Municipality	Sevan
Elevation	1,917 m (6,289 ft)
Population (2011)^[1]
• Total	1,901
Time zone	UTC+4 (AMT)
Postal code	1515
Varser at GEOnet Names Server

Varser (Armenian: Վարսեր) is a village in the Sevan Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.

Etymology

The name Varser is derived from a root word meaning "hair". According to popular folklore, this refers to a girl who drowned in Lake Sevan, after which her long hair spread out across the water.^[2] The village was also previously known as Chirchir and Chrchr until 1946.

History

The village is first mentioned in the 9th century as a gift of Ashot II Bagratuni to an "Apostles' Church".^[2] Most of the Armenians in the village are descendants of migrants from Bitlis and Maku in Western Armenia, today located in southeastern Turkey and northwestern Iran, respectively.

Gallery

Church in Varser
WWII monument
Khachkars in Varser
Chapel near the village cemetery
Tsaghkavank
Church ruins
Varser cemetery

References

^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of Armenia" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2005). Rediscovering Armenia: Guide (2nd ed.). Yerevan: Matit Graphic Design Studio. p. 74. ISBN 99941-0-121-8.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Varser.

Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia
Kiesling, Brady (June 2000). Rediscovering Armenia: An Archaeological/Touristic Gazetteer and Map Set for the Historical Monuments of Armenia (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 November 2021.