Spitak

Spitak lies in the Pambak valley, amid the mountains of northern Armenia. The settlement was formerly known as Hamamlu, a name referring to a bath. Armenian migrants from Khoy in Iran were among its early inhabitants. The village lay within the Erivan Khanate until the Russo-Persian War of 1826–1828 brought the khanate under Russian rule, joining this mountain valley to the empire's newly acquired territories in eastern Armenia.