ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Rustam-Aliyev Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Rustam-Aliyev (Village)

Location

The village is situated on the south-facing slope of a gorge lying 9 kilometres south-west of the district centre, between 1,360 and 1,470 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 285.

Historical Introduction
18 c․

Stripped of its Armenian population in the ‘70s of the 18th century, a hundred years later, it was inhabited by some Turkish herdsmen who had been using its territory as a summer encampment for already several decades.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 285.

19 c․

With the development of copper industry in the late 19th century, a number of craftsmen, including some Armenians, settled down in the village: “...Crossing the river flowing in front of me, I entered the village which was inhabited by craftspeople, such as coppersmiths, blacksmiths, tailors, hatters and farriers. An Armenian artisan told me that I could climb the top of the castle...”

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 24.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 285.

In the Soviet years, the village was renamed Rustam-Aliyev.

Rustam Aliyev, notorious for his hatred for the Armenians, was First Secretary of the District Committee of Shamkhor. He was shot to death by a revengeful Armenian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 285.

Description
1890 y․

In the 1890s, the ruins of a medieval Armenian church and a cemetery were preserved in the territory of the village.

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 308.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 285.

The village seen from the castle of Parisos Type Photo
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Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Gharabulagh

The available data regarding the number of the local Turkish population represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	67	223	160	383		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 84-85; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 285.
1908				443		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 271; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 285.
1914				923		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 133; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 285.