after the discovery of huge copper deposits in 1930, the soviet government proposed to build a large copper-molybdenum plant. by the end of the 1930s, a plan was proposed to build a settlement near the copper deposits area. the construction of the plant was launched in 1940, but soon after it was interrupted due to the world war ii. in 1944, the construction process was resumed and the first product started in 1945. in 1951, the zangezur state-owned mining company was formed to organize the production process, becoming one of the largest enterprises of the soviet union at that time.