Berdkunk () is a village in the Gavar Municipality of the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia.
The village was previously known as Aghkala or Aghgala (; ; ), consisting of Turkic agh (, meaning "white") and Arabic gala (, meaning "castle" or "tower"). Berdkunk is a combination of two words in Armenian: berd (, meaning "fortress") and kunk (, meaning "place" or "foundation").
The village was once a transit point on the ancient road between Dvin and Partev. There are cyclopean fortresses nearby with megalithic tombs. One of the fortresses in particular, Berdkunk Fortress (also known as Ishkhanats Amrots and Spitak Berd ), is located along the eastern edge of the village and was built in the 10th century BC. There is also an 11âÂÂ12th century church, a 12âÂÂ20th century cemetery, and 16âÂÂ17th century tombstones in the village.
Berdkunk, then known as Aghkala, was part of the Nor Bayazet uezd of the Erivan Governorate within the Russian Empire. Bournoutian presents the statistics of the village in the early 20th century as follows:
The population of the village is engaged with animal husbandry, cultivation of forage crops and potatoes.
The population of the village since 1831 is as follows: