ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Sarov Monuments

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

Location

The village extends 4 kilometres northeast of the township of Dalmamedli, and 21 kilometres north-west of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.

Historical Introduction

It was often called Turk Sarov to be differentiated from an Armenian village of the same name located 5 kilometres south-west.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.

19 c․

In the late 19th century, it belonged to some Turkish landowners.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 54-55.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.

Population

The available statistical data reveal that in the course of time, the number of Sarov’s population continually diminished instead of increasing. The reason is evident: in the early 20th century, the local Turkish stock-breeders gradually shifted to a sedentary life, which made it possible to get a more reliable statistical picture of them, something impossible during their nomadic life.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Turk Sarov

Population:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	98	253	199	452		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. 325.
1908				360		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 360; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.
1914				177		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 179; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.
1983				720		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 8, Baku, 1985, p. 303; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.