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Musayelyan, Shirak

Musayelyan () is a village in the Ashotsk Municipality of the Shirak Province of Armenia. The St. Trdat church built in 1896 is located in the village.

Etymology

The village was later renamed after Bolshevik captain who committed his troops and the armoured train Vardan Zoravar () to the May Uprising against the Dashnak government of Armenia in Aleksandropol (Gyumri)—He was imprisoned for several months until the Red Army executed two notable Dashnaks in Zangezur, thus prompting his execution in retaliation.

Economy

The population engages in animal husbandry, with the cultivation of grain and fodder crops.

Demographics

The population of the village since 1873 is as follows:

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