Artsvanist

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