The first settlers of around 60 families of the area were survivors of the Armenian Genocide who escaped from the town of Butaniya in Western Armenia . In 1925 , they founded the neighborhood of Nor Butaniya . The neighbourhood of Nor Aresh was named after an ancient Armenian town known as " Aresh " . The first inhabitants of Nor Aresh arrived from Nukha , Azerbaijan
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Erebuni District