Nerkin Sasnashen
40°21′23″N 43°59′31″E / 40.35639°N 43.99194°E
Nerkin Sasnashen Ներքին Սասնաշեն | |
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  Nerkin Sasnashen  Nerkin Sasnashen | |
| Coordinates: 40°21′43″N 43°58′58″E / 40.36194°N 43.98278°E | |
| Country | Armenia |
| Province | Aragatsotn |
| Municipality | Talin |
| Population (2011) | |
• Total | 904[1] |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+5 |
Nerkin Sasnashen (Armenian: Ներքին Սասնաշեն) is a village in the Talin Municipality of 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.[2]
References
- ^ "Aragatsotn (Armenia): Towns and Villages in Municipalities". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
- ^ 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.
