ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Gharakullar Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Dashkesan (District) / Gharakullar (Village)

Location

The village, whose historical name has sunk into oblivion, extends on the south-facing slope of a gorge lying in the area of the upper course of the tributary Dastapor, 11 kilometres south of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,600 to 1,700 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 154.

Historical Introduction
1880 y․

Stripped of its Armenian population in the second half of the 18th century, it remained desolate until the late 1880s, serving as a summer encampment for some stock-breeders. Later they settled down in the village site and started “diligently” annihilating all the monuments of culture once created by its Armenian natives.

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 276.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 154.

1904 y․

A map of 1904 mentions the settlement as a village called Ballucha.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 154.

In the Soviet years, it was renamed Gharakullar.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 154.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Balluja	1904 y․