{{Infobox settlement | name = Shamshadin District | population_total = 34,559 | established_date1 = 11 April 1995 | established_title1 = Abolished | seat = Berd | seat_type = Capital | population_density_km2 = auto | area_total_km2 = 829.21 | population_as_of = 1989 | type = District | subdivision_name = {{Plainlist| Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic Armenia }} | subdivision_type = Country | map_caption = The Shamshadin District in Armenia | image_map = Map of Shamshadin region Arm.SSR.png | established_date = 24 June 1929 | established_title = Established | native_name = Շամշադինի շրջան }} The '''Shamshadin District''' ({{langx|hy|Շամշադինի շրջան}}) was a ''raion'' (district) of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic from 1929 and later in 1991 of the Republic of Armenia until its disestablishment in 1995. The Shamshadin district today constitutes a southeastern part of the Tavush Province (''marz''). Its administrative centre was the town of Berd.

== History == The Shamshadin district was formed on the territory of the Armenian SSR on 24 June 1929, originally a part of the Dilijan uezd which had been separated from the tsarist Kazakh uezd in 1921.<ref>{{Citation |last=Tsutsiev |first=Arthur |title=Atlas of the Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus |date=2014 |pages=84 |place=New Haven and London |isbn=978-0-300-15308-8 |oclc=884858065 }}</ref>

Shortly after the breakup of the Soviet Union, the administration of the Republic of Armenia consolidated the Shamshadin, Noyemberyan and Ijevan districts into the larger Tavush Province.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Legislation: National Assembly of RA |url=http://www.parliament.am/legislation.php?sel=show&ID=2243&lang=rus |access-date=2021-06-18 |website=www.parliament.am}}</ref>

== Villages ==

There were 16 villages in the Shamshadin District: {{div col|colwidth=15em}} * Berd * Aygedzor * Aygepar * Artsvaberd * Varagavan * Verin Karmiraghbyur * Movses * Navur * Nerkin Karmiraghbyur * Norashen * Paravakar * Tavush * Chinari * Chinchin * Choratan * Verin Tsaghkavan {{Div col end}}

== Notable people ==

* Hayk Chobanyan * Sarkis Ordyan * Vardan Stepanyan * Sassun Mkrtchyan

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Category:Tavush Province Category:Districts of Armenia Category:Geography of Tavush Province

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