Official Name: | Musayelyan |
Native Name: | Մուսայելյան |
Pushpin Map: | Armenia#Shirak |
Mapsize: | 150px |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Armenia |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Shirak |
Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name2: | Ashotsk |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 357[1] |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Utc Offset Dst: | +5 |
Coordinates: | 40.9928°N 43.9389°W |
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.
The village was previously known as Bozekhush (; ;). The village was later renamed after Bolshevik captain [2] 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.
The population engages in animal husbandry, with the cultivation of grain and fodder crops.
The population of the village since 1873 is as follows:
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 | 512 | ||
1959 | 469 | ||
1970 | 442 | ||
1979 | 408 | ||
2001 | 386 | ||
2004 | 395 | ||
2010 | 357 |