ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Ashaghi-Oksyuzlyu Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Ashaghi-Oksyuzlyu (Village)

Location

The village extends 3 kilometres south-west of the district centre, between 480 and 520 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

In the late 19th century, some cattle-breeding tribes that lived scattered in a number of winter and summer encampments were forced to yield up to the Government’s demand and unite in the site of the present-day village, thus becoming its founders.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.

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	169	861	484	1345		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 148-149; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.
1908				1399		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 339; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.
1914				1464		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 168; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.
1976				4323		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Baku, 1976, p. 509; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 528.