ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Arighran Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Arighran (Village)

Location

The village is situated on the west-facing slope of a gorge lying on the right bank of the river Zakam, 17 kilometres south-west of the district centre, between 1,400 and 1,520 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 221-222.

Historical Introduction
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It was founded in the late 19th century in the site of an Armenian village abandoned since the 1770s.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.

The area of the upper course of the river Zakam near the village Type Photo
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Author Artak Ghulian
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Population:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source

1908	168	Turkish Ayrums.	Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 188; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.
1914	230	Turkish Ayrums.	Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 91; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.
1976	1861	Turkish Ayrums.	Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Baku, 1976, p. 392; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.