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    The village of  Kayan  is  the  end  of the road, travel into Azerbaijan blocked by an impromptu barricade and cautionary whistles from the locals.

   A road turns  S  up  toward  Aigehovit and the  Shamsadin  district. Aigehovit (until 1969 Uzuntala) has Srveghi Vank of the 12-13th c. on the skyline SW of the village, with an inscription: “In the year 1252 we Artavazd and Sargis built this church by  the  hand  of  master   Hovhannes.”

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There is also a S. Sargis shrine, Kotrats Yeghtsi (“Broken church”), and an 18th c. (Persian period) guard tower on the right bank of the Aghstev.