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   Beyond is  the  capital  of  the  former Ghukasian Rayon, Ashotsk (till 1938 Ghzlghoch, church). Ashotsk, renamed recently for the medieval name of the area, had been named in honor of young militant Ghukas Ghukasian, a Spartacist firebrand, head of the Kars  Revkom  in  the  May

   Krasar (till 1946  Kurdbulagh)  is  off to the SW.

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1920 Bolshevik uprising, killed by “Mauserists” while attempting to flee the collapsed revolt).