ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Azapli Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Azapli (Village)

Location

The village extends in a plain lying on the left bank of the river Asrik, 8 kilometres south-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 550 to 600 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.

Historical Introduction

The village was stripped of its Armenian population in the 1770s.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.

Population
19 c․

By the second half of the 19th century, some cattle-breeders of Turkish origin had already taken up residence in the site of the village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.

The available statistical data on the number of the local population represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	92	395	322	717		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 146-147; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.
1908				512		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 175; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.
1914				529		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 84; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.
1976				976		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Baku, 1976, p. 133; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 529.