Shahumyan, Lori

Shahumyan () is a town in the Lori Province of Armenia. The village was populated by Azerbaijanis prior to their massacre and exodus after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. In 1988-1989 Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan settled in the village. The town was one of the sites of the Gugark pogrom, where Armenians attacked, murdered and burned ethnic Azerbaijanis.
Etymology.
It was named "Shahumyan" after the Bolshevik-Armenian commander Stepan Shahumyan following Armenia's independence.