 During the Soviet period, the Dastakert copper and molybdenum mines were found in 1945.With the establishment of the Dastakert branch of the Zangezur copper-molybdenum plant in 1951, Dastakert was granted the status of an urban-type settlement within the "Sisian raion".In 1968 – the period of the Soviet heydays – Dastakert had over 4,000 residents.