After the Sovietization of Armenia , the town became one of the predominant centres of the resistance against the Soviet rule .
After the Sovietization of Armenia , the town formed the unrecognized Republic of Mountainous Armenia under the leadership of Garegin Nzhdeh .
After the Sovietization of Armenia , the town became one of the predominant centres of the resistance against the Soviet rule and formed the unrecognized Republic of Mountainous Armenia under the leadership of Garegin Nzhdeh .