Sardarabad (fortress)

Sardarabad
Near Nor Armavir, Armavir Province, Armenia
Trick Riding of Kurds and Tatars in front of the Fortress Sardarabad (Sardari Berd) in Armenia, a mid-19th-century painting by the Russian artist Grigory Gagarin, who was there as a soldier
Site information
TypeFortress
ConditionDestroyed
Location
Sardarabad
Shown within Armenia
Coordinates40°08′10″N 44°00′50″E / 40.1361°N 44.0139°E / 40.1361; 44.0139
Site history
Built1807-1827
MaterialsStone
Battles/warsCaptured by the Russians under General Afanasy Krasovsky on 20 September 1827

Sardarabad (Armenian: Սարդարապատ, romanized: Sardarapat; Persian: سردارآباد, romanized: Sardâr-âbâd), also known as Sardari Berd (Armenian: Սարդարի բերդ, lit.'Sardar's fortress'), was a 19th-century fortress and urban center built in the Erivan Khanate in Qajar Iran, in the territory of modern-day Armenia. Its ruins are located near the village of Nor Armavir in the Armavir Province of Armenia.