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: YearPopulationNote1873274100% Armenian18863261897366100% Armenian Apostolic19084501914555Mainly Armenian. Also recorded as 49519165601919600Mainly Armenian1922254100% Armenian192625819313861939512195946919704421979408200138620043952011388
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