ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Komsomol Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Komsomol (Village)

Location

The village, which bears the name of the Young Communists’ Union (‘Komsomol’ is a Russian abbreviation for ‘Коммунистический Союз Молодежи’), is situated 18 kilometres east of the district centre, at an altitude of 255 to 260 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

Historical Introduction

It was founded in the Soviet years.