Artsvanist

Artsvanist Արծվանիստ
Vanevan Monastery
Artsvanist Արծվանիստ
Coordinates: 40°09′18″N 45°30′28″E / 40.15500°N 45.50778°E / 40.15500; 45.50778Coordinates: 40°09′18″N 45°30′28″E / 40.15500°N 45.50778°E / 40.15500; 45.50778
Country	Armenia
Marz (Province)	Gegharkunik
Founded	1829-30
Government
• Mayor	Samvel Ohanyan
Elevation	1,941 m (6,368 ft)
Population (2008)
• Total	3,061
Time zone	GMT+4 (UTC+4)
Postal code	1404

Artsvanist (Armenian: Արծվանիստ; until 1968, Nerkin Aluchalu, Alichali, and Russified as Nizhniy Aluchalu) is a village located south of Lake Sevan in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village was founded in 1829-30 by migrants from Alashkert, in present-day Eastern Turkey. In the gorge south of the village is the important early 10th century monastery of Vanevan and large but broken medieval khachkar monument nearby.