Musayelyan, Shirak
# Musayelyan, Shirak

40°59′34″N 43°56′20″E﻿ / ﻿40.99278°N 43.93889°E﻿ / 40.99278; 43.93889

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.

## Etymology

The village was previously known as Bozekhush (Azerbaijani: Bozyokuş; Russian: Боз-Ехуш; Armenian: Բոզյոխուշ). The village was later renamed after Bolshevik captain Sargis Musayelyan [hy] 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.

## 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:

| Year | Population | Note |
| - | - | - |
| 1873 | 274 | 100% Armenian |
| 1886 | 326 | 100% Armenian |
| 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 | 100% Armenian |
| 1931 | 386 | 100% Armenian |
| 1939 | 512 | |
| 1959 | 469 | |
| 1970 | 442 | |
| 1979 | 408 | |
| 2001 | 386 | |
| 2004 | 395 | |
| 2010 | 357 | |
