ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Khoyli 1 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Kasum-Ismayilov (District) / Khoyli (Village)

Location

The village, nowadays officially called Khoyli, extends in a slightly slanting plain lying on the left bank of the river Kurak, a kilometre south-west of Gharadaghlu, 22 kilometres west of the district centre, at an altitude of 375 to 410 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.

Name Origin

It is also known by the name of Jarkyalar deriving from a site of the same name where it was established. Khoylar, another name used with reference to it, comes from Khoy, i.e. the birthplace of the Armenian resettlers who were to become the founders of this village.

Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 307.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.

Foundation
1844 y․

In 1844 “…14 families of Khoyli inhabitants took up residence in Jarkalar, situated near the village of Gharadaghlu...”

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3809, p. 31.
According to another source, Khoy Armenians settled there in 1828 (Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 307.).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.

Armenian-Turkish Fights of 1905 to 1906
1905 y․

In the autumn of 1905, the inhabitants of Khoyli moved first to the neighbouring village of Gharadaghlu and then Getashen out of security considerations.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.

1913 y․

In November of the same year, the Turkish mob set the village alight (its reconstruction was still underway in 1913).

“Horizon,” 1913, No. 177, p. 4.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.

Priests
1910 y․

In 1910 Priest Sargis Ter-Arakeliants from Gharadaghlu served in Khoyli.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 458, list 1, file 184, p. 7.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Khoylar
Jarkyalar

The available statistical data on the number of the local population between 1844 and 1981 represent the following picture:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1844	14	37	33	70		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3809, p. 31; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1845		53	51	104		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3811, pp. 5-6; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1847		62	53	115		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3814, pp. 97-98; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1849		51	43	94		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3818, pp. 95-96; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1852		55	48	103		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3819, pp. 105-106; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1861	10					National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3835, pp. 147-148; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1866	11	44	43	87		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3848, p. 57; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1872		90	75	165		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3872, pp. 62-63; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1873				164		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3864, pp. 39-40; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1875				165		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3866, pp. 44-45; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1876				162		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file. 3868, pp. 57-58; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1877		90	83	173		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3869, pp. 54-55; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1878		86	78	164		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3870, pp. 22-23; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1881		85	68	153		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3873, pp. 27-28; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1882		85	65	150		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3874, p. 30; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1883		86	66	152		National Archives of Armenia,fund 53, list 1, file 3875, pp. 56-57; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1885		80	67	147		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3877, p. 29; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1886	40	89	83	172	Another source mentions 20 houses for the same year (“Ardzagank,” 1886, No. 19, p. 280).	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. 321.
1887		64	62	126		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3880, p. 72; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1888		59	57	116		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3882, p. 130; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1889		58	57	115		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3884, pp. 226-227; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1890		62	56	118		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3887, p. 149; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1891		61	60	121		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3889, p. 148; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1892		60	56	116		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3891, p. 120; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1893		66	62	128		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3895, pp. 77-78; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1894		69	72	141		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3896, pp. 71-72; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1897		65	63	128		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, 3899, pp. 146-147; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 321.
1898		66	66	132		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3897, p. 168; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1899		71	69	140		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3903, pp. 125-126; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1900		76	71	147		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3905, pp. 90-91; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1901		74	73	147		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3906, pp. 96-97; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1902		80	76	156		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3907, pp. 22-23; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1905		85	80	165		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3912, pp. 265-266; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1906		110	90	200		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3915, p. 24; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1907				191		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 240, p. 2; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1908	36	108	88	196		National Archives of Armenia, fund 35, list 1, file 559, p. 11; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1909		111	91	202		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 18, file 764, p. 116; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1910		114	94	208		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3917, pp. 56-57; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1912		123	99	222		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3919, pp. 61-62; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1917	40			273		Avetissian, M. M. A Reference Book on the Settlements and Population Number of Nagorno Karabakh and Zangezur (1917). In: “Banber Hayastani Arkhivneri,” 1991, No. 3, p. 166; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.
1981	6				Attested by the villagers themselves	Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 322.