Sanahin

Sanahin Սանահին
Sanahin
Coordinates: 41.087924°N 44.667985°E / 41.087924; 44.667985
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Lori
Elevation	1,016 m (3,333 ft)
Time zone	UTC+4 ( )
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 ( )

Sanahin Monastery

Entrance at Sanahin

Sanahin Church

Sanahin (Armenian: Սանահին) is a village in the northern province of Lori in Armenia, now considered part of the city of Alaverdi (a cable car connects it with Alaverdi). The village is notable for its Sanahin Monastery complex, founded in the 10th century and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the monastery in nearby Haghpat.

Notable people

Sanahin was also the birthplace of the two well-known Mikoyan brothers. Artem Mikoyan was a well known airplane constructor, and one of the "fathers" of MiG. Anastas Mikoyan was the politician with the longest career of any member of the Soviet Politburo. He was involved in negotiating the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, was a member of the Soviet delegation trying to improve relations with Josip Broz Tito's Yugoslavia, and played a major role in the Cuban Missile Crisis negotiations. A fraction of visitors to the monastery also stop at the small nearby Mikoyan museum in the former school, run by Mikoyans' relatives.

Gallery

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  St. Gregory chapel
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  The monastery's library
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  Khatchkar detail at the monastery
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  Monastery interior
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  Exterior view

References

• 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.