Dilgam ismailov

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, 451, there was a new battle 
between the Sassanid army and detachments led by Mamikonyan 
in Avarayr steppe, near Maku. The battle ended with the defeat 
of the invaders. Vardan Mamikonyan was killed.
In 457, after the II Yezdagerd’s death Vache II changed its 
internal policy. He rejected the religion of Zoroastrianism and 
accepted Christian beliefs. Spreading Christianity in Albania, 
his purpose was to exit subordination of the Sassanid 
dominion. But after Vache’s apostasy Firuz Haylandur 
(Onoqur) raised his Huns to war against the Albanian ruler. 
They invaded Albania in 462. This fight accomplished in 463 
by Vache 2
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‘s giving the power up. M.Kalankatli wrote that, 
after that Albania remained without a ruler for 30 years. The 
devout Vachagan III tried to return the power to local rulers. 
The Sassanid shah Balash (484-488) admitted the devout 
Vachagan III to be the ruler of Albania. Soon Gubad I came to 
power in Iran. In 493 Vachagan III (493-510) had a full 
possession of power. The devout Vachagan III started an active 
propaganda of the Christian religion in Albania. He made 
people adopt the Christian religion, opened schools that 
propagandized Christianity and persecuted other religions. The 
devout Vachagan III called an Aquen Assembly in 498 and 
passed laws on the Christian religion. He determined the 
amount of the taxes. In 510 the Sassanid abolished independent 
state institutions in the South Caucasus. The Sassanid succes-
sors began a long period (510-629) of domination in Albania.
The movement founded by Mani expanded in the III 
century during the Sassanid Empire. This training was directed 

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against the ruling of high classes. Mani movement had also a 
huge influence on the Mazdakys movement. Mazdak led the 
movement which covered the years of 481-529. The main 
provision of Mazdak training was to build a just society and 
create equality for property among people. The Mazdakys said 
that they wanted to take property back from the rich and return 
it to the poor. According to Mazdak teachings, the victory of 
good over evil can be provided with the help of God and the 
light forces. Mazdak considered it possible to establish a just 
society through fighting. During the reign of Gubad I (488-531) 
the Mazdakys’ movement became wide spread. Gubad I used the 
Mazdakys to break the resistance of the big feudal lords. Mazdak 
was executed in 529. More than 80 thousand of Mazdakys people 
were killed. The Mazdakys movement was defeated. But his ideas 
lived among people for a long time. This movement defended the 
interests of the population of lower social class. The movement 
tried to improve their financial well-being.
A period of domination of the Mehranids’ dynasty (630-