Aras (river)
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The Aras is a transboundary river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between I
The Aras with Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan) to the right and Iran to the left
A young Kurdish notable with his advisor and tribe crossing the Aras River.
The Aras in the Poldasht District
The Aras in Iğdır
The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers 5,502.75 km2 with a population of 459,600. It is bordered by Armenia to the east and north,
Aras (river)
…is a transboundary river in the Caucasus. It rises in eastern Turkey and flows along the borders between Turkey and Armenia, between Turkey and the Nakhchivan exclave of Azerbaijan, between Iran and both Azerbaijan and Armenia, and, finally, through Azerbaijan where it flows into the Kura river as a right…
A modern mausoleum marks the place in Nakhchivan City, traditionally believed to be the site of Noah's grave.
Silver coin of Shah Suleiman I (r. 1666–1694), struck at the Nakhchivan mint, dated 1684/5
Armenian cemetery in Julfa, 1830, by Francis Rawdon Chesney
Nakchivan landscape