Musayelyan (Armenian: Մուսայելյան) is a village in the Shirak Province of Armenia. The St. Trdat church built in 1896 is located in the village.[2]
Musayelyan
Մուսայելյան | |
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Coordinates: 40°59′34″N 43°56′20″E | |
Country | Armenia |
Marz (Province) | Shirak |
Population (2010) | |
• Total | 357[1] |
Time zone | UTC+4 |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
The village was known as Mets Kyapanak until 1935[3] and previously Bozekhush[4] (Azerbaijani: Bozyokuş;[5] Russian: Боз-Ехуш;[6] Armenian: Բոզյոխուշ[7]). The village was later renamed after Bolshevik captain Sargis Musayelyan [hy][3][5] who committed his troops and the armoured train Vardan Zoravar (Armenian: Վարդան Զորավար, lit. 'General Vardan') 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.[8][3]
The population engages in animal husbandry, with the cultivation of grain and fodder crops.[2]
The population of the village since 1873 is as follows:[7]
Year | Population | Note |
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1873 | 274 | 100% Armenian |
1886 | 326 | |
1897 | 366 | 100% Armenian Apostolic |
1908 | 450 | |
1914 | 555 | Mainly Armenian. Also recorded as 495 |
1916 | 560 | |
1919 | 600 | Mainly Armenian |
1922 | 254 | 100% Armenian |
1926 | 258 | |
1931 | 386 | |
1939[2] | 512 | |
1959[2] | 469 | |
1970[2] | 442 | |
1979[2] | 408 | |
2001[2] | 386 | |
2004[2] | 395 | |
2010[1] | 357 |
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