ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Alimardanli Monuments

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

Location

The village lies 7 kilometres north-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 350 to 360 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

Until the late 19th century, the territory of the village served as a winter encampmemt for some Turkish cattle-breeders who later changed to a sedentary mode of life and took up permanent living there.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.

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	34	119	81	200		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 150-151; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.
1908				616		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 179; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.
1914				645		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 87; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.
1979				2273		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 4, Baku, 1980, p. 181; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 527.