Thereafter, Tsitsianov changed the name of the city to Yelizavetpol, after empress consort Elizabeth Alexeievna, the wife of tsar Alexander I of Russia.
Servant of God Archmandrite Andrew Cikoto (1891-1952) Fr. Andrew was born on December 5, 1891 in Tupalszki district near Oszmiana in the Lithuania Vilnius province, of Michael and Rozalia Cikoto.