What is "martuni"

Martuni is a village in the Gegharkunik Province of Armenia. The village is named in honor of Alexander Miasnikian, the first Soviet premier of Armenia, whose nom de guerre was "Martuni". There are medieval forts and the 10th-century castle of Aghjaghala nearby.

Martuni may refer to:

Administrative territorial entities

• Martuni District (NKAO), a district of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
• Martuni Region, an administrative region of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic

Places

• Martuni (town) or Khojavend, capital of Martuni Province
• Martuni, Armenia, a city in Gegharkunik Province, Armenia
• Martuni, former name of Yeni Göyçə, a village in Shamkir District, Azerbaijan

People

• Alexander Miasnikian, Armenian Bolshevik revolutionary and official