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   A badly rutted road leads S first to Gandzak whose residents came originally from Mush, Bayazit, and Alashkert; it was called Batikian until recently, named for Batik Batikian (1892-1920), a communist agitator shot by the Dashnaks after the failed May 1920 uprising.  The village was known previously as Kyosamamed. There is  a

   Next   village   S   on    the     road     is Sarukhan on the bank of Kukudzor Creek. Its residents came in 1830 from Kogovit district. Once called Dalighardash, it was renamed for the professional communist revolutionary Hovhannes Sarukhanian (1882-1920) from Nor Bayazit, who was shot by the Dashnaks    after    they    quelled     his

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half-ruined Astvatsatsin basilica of the 4-5^th c, S. Gevorg domed church of 9-10^th c.

attempt at a Communist seizure of his home town during the failed May 1920 uprising.  On a hill called Tsaghkavan on the N edge of the village is a cyclopean fort.