ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Ghezel-Hajili Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Ghezel-Hajili (Village)

Location

The village is situated on the right bank of the river Voskepar, 16 kilometres west of the district centre, between 590 and 640 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 308.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

In the late 19th century, the newly-founded settlement consisted of several winter encampments belonging to some Turkish landowners.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 18-19, 25-26, 28-30, 39-40.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 308.

19 c․

The available scanty 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	56	161	125	286		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 82-83; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 308.
1907				390		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 287; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 308.
1914				402		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 141; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 308.