Mtsghun

Mtsghun (Armenian: Մծղուն, Russian: Мтсхун), an ancient settlement in Goghtn Region of Armenia, currently included into Ordubad Rayon of Nakhichevan autonomy of Azerbaijan.

The settlement was destroyed yet in Middle-Ages. It was once famous for its church of St. Stepanos, where Armenian from the region used to come to pilgrimage.

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