ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Mikhailovka Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Khanlar (District) / Mikhailovka (Village)

Location

The village is situated in a tableland lying in the area between the left tributaries of the river Kurak, 10 kilometres south-east of the district centre, between 1,180 and 1,200 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.

Historical Introduction
187 y․

It was founded “...in 1870 in territories detached from the farming lands of Hajikend, Suluk and Sapi- Kyurd...” and allocated to some Russian resettlers. In 1885 it comprised 22 houses.”

“Nor-Dar,” 1890, No. 125, p. 3.
Also see Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 359.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.

Construction Activity
1890 y․

In the late 1890s, Mikhailovka was distinguished for its comfortable houses, its main street being planted with trees on both sides.

Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 359.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.

Population
1950 y․

Beginning with the 1950s, some Turks took up residence in the village. By 1989 they had formed about 15 families.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.

Historical Introduction
1990 y․

During the deportation of 1990, the Russian Malakans of Mikhailovka abandoned their place of living together with the Armenian residents of the adjacent villages.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south-east
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

The available data on the number of the local population are as follows:

Dates	Russian Houses	Russians (Male)	Russians (Female)	Total (Russians)	Notes	Source
1886	28	70	61	131		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 86-87; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.
1890	28			131		Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 359; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.
1908				192		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 322; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.
1914				345		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 159; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 419.