The Armenian national hero, David Bek, leads a major Armenian uprising against Safavid Persia in the Syunik region in the 18th century.
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Hrachia Nersisyan Avet Avetisyan Hasmik Agopyan Arus Asryan Grigor Avetyan L. Zohrabyan Murad Kostanyan David Malyan T. Ayvazyan Vaghinak Marguni Frunze Dovlatyan Tatyana Makhmuryan L. Shahparonyan Vladimir Yershov Evgeniy Samoylov Lev Sverdlin Ivane Perestiani Arman Kotikyan H. Stepanyan D. Pogosyan
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