Gandzak () is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is located on the eastern side of the Gavar river, 3 km southwest from the regional center Gavar, at an average height of 1,980 meters above sea level.
Etymology The village was previously known as KyosamamedԹ.Խ. Հակոբյան, Ստ.Տ. Մելիք-Բախշյան, Հ.Խ. Բարսեղյան. Հայաստանի եւ հարակից շրջանների տեղանունների բառարան. Երեւանի Համալսարանի Հրատարակչություն, Երեւան, 1986, p. 614 and later as Batikian and Batikyan, in honor of Batik Batikian (1892–1920), a Communist activist.
History The village contains the 4th- or 5th-century half-ruined basilica of St. Astvatsatsin, and the domed 9th- or 10th-century St. Gevorg Church, in ancient times it had a domed hall. In the 19th century, Armenian migrants from Western Armenia covered the destroyed roofs with the logs.
Notable people Vardan Areveltsi, thirteenth-century Armenian historian, geographer, philosopher and translator.
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