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 previously known as Bozekhush. 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 —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:
YearPopulationNote
1873274100% Armenian
1886326100% Armenian
1897366100% Armenian Apostolic
1908450
1914555Mainly Armenian. Also recorded as 495
1916560
1919600Mainly Armenian
1922254100% Armenian
1926258100% Armenian
1931386100% Armenian
1939512
1959469
1970442
1979408
2001386
2004395
2011388