Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh
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Martuni or Khojavend is an Armenian town in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, as the centre of its Martuni Province, after
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Church of St. Nerses the Great in Martuni, opened in 2004
A memorial in Martuni
Martuni Museum
Monte Melkonian
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Monte Melkonian was an Armenian-American revolutionary and left-wing nationalist militant. He was a commander in the Artsakh Defense Army and National Hero of Armenia.
Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh
…city during the latter stages of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. In early February 1992, Vazgen Sargsyan, then Defence Minister of Armenia, appointed Monte Melkonian as Chief of Headquarters and assigned him to lead the defense of Martuni and the surrounding regions. On October 2, 1992, Armenian armed forces captured…
Monte Melkonyan, 1992
Melkonian's tomb at Yerablur military cemetery
Melkonian's bust at the Victory Park, Yerevan.