Nerkin Sasnashen
Nerkin Sasnashen (Armenian: Ներքին Սասնաշեն); formerly known as Nerkin Karakoymaz and Nerkin Sasunashen, is a village in the Aragatsotn Province of Armenia. It is home to the ruins of a 7th-century Armenian monastery. The village contains a granite memorial marking the crash site of a United States Air Force C-130 shot down by Soviet MiG-17s on 2 September 1958 with the loss of 17 U.S. personnel.[1]
Joint US-Armenian memorial to the 1958 C-130 shootdown incident
Nerkin Sasnashen
Ներքին Սասնաշեն | |
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  Nerkin Sasnashen | |
| Coordinates: 40°21′43″N 43°58′58″E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Marz (Province) | Aragatsotn |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 999 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( ) |
| • Summer (DST) | |
See also
References
- Mirror-Spectator, The Armenian (2018-08-10). "60th Anniversary of Shoot-Down of USAF Aircraft over Armenia". The Armenian Mirror-Spectator. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- Nerkin Sasnashen at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census
- Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 18, available online at the US embassy to Armenia's website
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