ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

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

Location

The village extends 13 kilometres southeast of the district centre.

Foundation
19 y․

It was founded by some cattle-breeding Turkish tribes which had changed to a sedentary life in the late 19th century.

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

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1886	17	75	47	122	Evidently, this number is exaggerated	Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 80-81; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 319.
1908				257	Evidently, this number is exaggerated	Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 279; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 319.
1914				35		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 137; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 319.