Western Azerbaijan Heritage

Iravan until 1828, Erivan from 1828 to 1936. 

Yerevan since 1936.

Architec­ture

Since Arme­nians settled in Iravan from the beginning of the 19th century, the Armenian neigh­borhoods surrounded the Azerbaijani neighborhoods like a ring. In the 1950s and 1960s, the neigh­­­borhoods where Azer­baija­nis lived com­pactly and their ancient ce­meteries were dest­royed under the pretext of building new buildings.

Iravan city consists of the following parts: 1. City part 2. Tapabashi part 3. Damir­bulag part. The largest part – City part covers the north-eastern area of Iravan; Tepebashi part holds the western part, and Damirbulag part holds the southeastern part. These parts also include the follo­wing additional neighborhoods with their own special names: Those belonging to the City part: 1) Abbasdara neighborhood located below the village of Chokmakchi; 2) Koshakli neighborhood located on the right side of Kanakir road; Those belon­ging to the Tapabashi part: 1) Abihayat neigh­borhood located on the left of Kanakir road; 2) It was located to the left of the Zangi river, below the village of Kanakir. According to the Ottoman "De­tailed notebook" compiled in 1728, Iravan city consisted of 4 districts ("Old City", "Damirbulag", "Darakand", "Tapabashi"') during this period. After becoming the center of the independent khanate, "Old City" neighborhood was called "City" neigh­borhood, and "Darakand" was mer­ged with "Tapabashi" neighborhood.

Iravan city  neigh­bor­hoods bore the ma­te­rial and cultural traces of the Azer­baijanis in the city of Ira­van. The fact that most of the settlements, streets, neigh­bor­hoods are in Azerbaijani Tur­kish once again shows that this area was one of the ancient sett­le­ments of Azer­baijanis.