ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Gardman 8 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Dashkesan (District) / Gardman (Township)

Location

The village is situated on the east-facing slope of a gorge lying on the left bank of the Gardman, i.e. the right tributary of the river Shamkor, 13 kilometres west of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,370 to 1,520 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 147.

Historical Introduction

The township, that was the administrative centre of the district of the same name in the Middle Ages, was stripped of its Armenian population in the mid-18th century. In the late 19th century, some cattle-breeding Turkish tribes settled down in its site: “Gardman, the centre of a district which bore its name, was also the seat of the local princes. At present the site of the ruined village, which is called Gertmanik, is inhabited by some Turks.”

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, pp. 301-302.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 147.

As attested by some sources, “...The Bagratid kings put that small district under the sway of Gardman princes who were to pass it from generation to generation by inheritance. The latter’s graves and the ruins of their family stronghold lie in the south-east of the domains of Charek Monastery, near the Turkish village of Amirvar.”

“Mshak,” 1902, No. 199, p. 1.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 147.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Gertmanik
Amervar

As already mentioned above, in the late 19th century, some stock-breeding Turkish tribes took up residence in the territory of the present-day village. The available statistical data on their number represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	104	449	314	763		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 80-81. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 147.
1908				780		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 182. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 147.
1914				1137		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 88. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 147.