HISTORICAL BUILDINGS

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KANAKER MILITARY BARRACKS COMPLEX


End of the 19th century - beginning of the 20th century


State Index: 1.12.7

Located at 117-123 Zakaria Sarkavag Street.

Built as the station for the 1st Poltava Regiment of the Kuban Cossack Army.

The regiment was established in 1871 by the supreme order of Russian Emperor Alexander II on August 1, 1870. The regiment's holiday was celebrated annually on August 30, as the mobile church of the regiment, founded in 1882, was named after Alexander Nevsky (1220-1263), a prominent figure in Russian history. On this day in 1724, by order of Emperor Peter the Great, Alexander Nevsky’s relics were transferred from Vladimir to St. Petersburg.

During World War I, the regiment fought on the Caucasian front. After the October Revolution, it returned to Kuban on November 20, 1917.

The garrison buildings were constructed at the turn of the 19th-20th centuries in the northeastern part of Kanaker village, in the garden area, using black tuff stone. For the service members, the Holy Mother of God Russian Orthodox Church of the 1st Poltava Regiment was built in 1913-1916 using orange, finely-cut tuff.

The people of Kanaker actively participated in the construction work.

During the Soviet era, the garrison remained under Russian control. In the years of the Third Republic, it became home to an Armenian regiment of the RA Ministry of Defense.

“Scientific Research Centre of Historical and Cultural Heritage” SNCO

Yerevan Municipality


Zakaria Kanakertsi Str. 117-123