Musayelyan, Shirak
40°59′34″N 43°56′20″E / 40.99278°N 43.93889°E
Musayelyan
Մուսայելյան | |
|---|---|
Musayelyan Musayelyan | |
| Coordinates: 40°59′34″N 43°56′20″E / 40.99278°N 43.93889°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Shirak |
| Municipality | Ashotsk |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 388[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
Musayelyan (Armenian: Մուսայելյան) 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.[2]
Etymology
The village was later renamed after Bolshevik captain Sargis Musayelyan[3] 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.[4]
Economy
The population engages in animal husbandry, with the cultivation of grain and fodder crops.[2]
Demographics
The population of the village since 1873 is as follows:[5]
| Year | Population | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2011[1] | 388 |
References
- ^ a b "Shirak (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2025-07-17.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան [Republic of Armenia settlements dictionary] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Cadastre Committee of the Republic of Armenia. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2018.
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan. "Musayelyan". Index Anatolicus (in Turkish). Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1996a). The Republic of Armenia: From London to Sèvres, February–August 1920. Vol. 3. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520088030.
- ^ Korkotyan, Zaven (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) [The population of Soviet Armenia in the last century (1831–1931)] (PDF) (in Armenian). Yerevan: Pethrat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2022.
- Musayelyan, Shirak at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Statistical Committee of Armenia