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==History ==
[[Image:Dadivank Monastery.jpg|thumb|left|The 9th–13th century Armenian monastery of [[Dadivank Monastery|Dadivank]]]]
[[Image:Shaumyan n Getashen EN.png|thumb|Former Soviet Shahumyan district and the territory known as "Getashen underdistrict" where Shahumyan Province was originally formed]]
In antiquity the territory was a part of [[Artsakh (historic province)|Artsakh]]; in the Middle Ages it was part of the principality of [[Khachen]]; in the 17-18th centuries the territory formed part of Melik-Abovian dynasty's [[melik]]dom<ref>[http://www.armenianhouse.org/raffi/also-ru/ulubabyan.html Raffi. Melikdoms of Khamsa.]</ref> of [[Gülüstan, Goranboy|Gulistan]], with its capital in the fortress of that name. During Soviet times in the area was renamed after the Armenian [[Bolshevik]] [[Stepan Shahumyan]], its administrative center taking the same name.
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