Hrazdan is among the towns that have been founded and developed during the Soviet rule. The former village of Akhta (or Nerkin Akhta) -covering the southern parts of present-day Hrazdan- was the centre of the Hrazdan region (formerly known as Akhta region) between 1930-59. In 1959, Akhta village was granted the status of an urban-type settlement and renamed Hrazdan. The first development plan of Hrazdan was introduces in 1961-63 by architects M. Grigoryan and E. Altunyan. Upon the 12 January 1963 decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR on the territorial changes in the state, the villages of Atarbekyan, Jrarat, Kakavadzor and Makravan have been merged within the town of Hrazdan. In fact, the town of Hrazdan was formed through the merger of a group of separate villages and settlements. Thus, after becoming a town of regional dependence, Hrazdan had witnessed a major development. The inhabitants of the town were originally from the regions of Sasun, Kars and Mush of Western Armenia, and the regions of Maku, Salmast and Khoy of present-day Iran, who arrived in Soviet Armenia between 1926-29. During the repatriation process, citizens from other regions of Armenia and Armenians from Diaspora were resettled in Hrazdan.
