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The
main road then
passes the village of Beniamin
(till 1945 Jlovkhan, renamed in honor of home-
town WWII hero, General-Major Beniamin Galstian).
On hills near Beniamin, an 80-hectare 8th c.
BC through 4th c. AC settlement
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Next is the village of
Azatan
(till 1945 Gharakilisa), which has a Catholic church of
1890 and Armenian Apostolic church of 1860; it was site of an
1826 battle between Russian and Persian troops. E of the Gyumri
road outside Azatan
are a
cluster of
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found
and excavated in 1989-94,
including a 3-2nd c. BC palace, with 5-4th
c. BC structures underneath.
The excavator believes that this was the seat of the
Kamsarakan noble family, which led an insurrection against
Arshak II in the mid-4th c. and was almost
exterminated in revenge.
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megaliths.
On the Ghej hill near Azatan is a 6th c. BC -
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