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Hrazdan is one of the cities which have been established during the Soviet rule.

The centre of Hrazdan region ( former Akhta region ) between 1930-59 was Akhta village, which is the southern district of the present-day Hrazdan town.

In 1959 Akhta village was classified as a settlement of urban type of the Republic and in the same year it was renamed Hrazdan.

With the order of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR, January 12, 1963 " About territorial changes in the Armenian SSR ", the villages of Atabekyan, Jrarat, Kakavadzor and Makravan villages have been merged within the town of Hrazdan.

In fact, the town of Hrazdan was formed through the merger of a group of separate settlements.

Thus, after becoming a town of regional dependence, Hrazdan started to change rapidly.

During that period, the population of Hrazdan was approximately 61, 000.

The ancient inhabitants of the town were from the regions of Sasun, Kars and Mush of Western Armenia, and the regions of Maku, Salmast and Khoi of the present-day Iran, who arrived in the area between 1926-29.

During the Soviet era, citizens from other regions of Armenia and Armenians from Diaspora were settled in Hrazdan.