ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Gheragh-Kyasaman Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Gheragh-Kyasaman (Village)

Location

Gheragh-Kyasaman lies on the right bank of the river Kur, 16 kilometres north-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 200 to 205 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.

Historical Introduction

At present it is divided in two parts which originally constituted distinct villages, i.e. Verin (Upper) and Nerkin (Lower) Gheragh-Kyasaman.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.

Population
1977 y․

In 1977 the residents of both parts of the village together amounted to 1,306.

Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Baku, 1979, p. 164.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Verin Gheragh-Kyasaman		'Verin' is the Armenian equivalent for 'Upper'.
Nerkin Gheragh-Kyasaman		'Nerkin' is the Armenian equivalent for 'Lower'.

The available statistical data on the number of the inhabitants of Verin Gheragh-Kyasaman represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	342	1166	848	2014		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 148-149; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.
1908				1833		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 298; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.
1914				2488		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 146; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.

The population of Nerkin Gheragh-Kyasaman formed the following number:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	253	753	538	1291		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 148-149; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.
1908				1537		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 298; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.
1914				1546		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 146; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 307.