Yeraskh

Yeraskh Երասխ
Yeraskh
Coordinates: 39°43′51″N 44°50′08″E
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Ararat
Elevation	810 m (2,660 ft)
Population  (2009)
• Total	865
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )

Yeraskh (Armenian: Երասխ, formerly, Arazdayan) is a village in the Ararat Province of Armenia. Yeraskh is the last Armenian village on the closed border with Azerbaijan's exclave of Nakhichevan, what used to be the main road and rail connections between Nakhichevan and Azerbaijan proper. The rail line also was the only direct connection between the former USSR and Iran.

Commuter train in Yeraskh after arrival from Yerevan. Because of the hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh, the border under severe blocakde and no trains are allowed to pass. This line, the only direct connection between the former USSR and Iran, is now almost out of use

See also

• Ararat Province

References

• Yeraskh at GEOnet Names Server
• 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.