ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Sofulu Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Sofulu (Village)

Location

Sofulu represents a Turkish village extending on the left bank of the river Aghstev, 16 kilometres southwest of the district centre, at an altitude of 420 to 460 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was founded by some stock-breeders who had changed to a sedentary life in the late 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.

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

Dates	Turkish Houses	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	17	103		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 152-153; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.
1914		128		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 182; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 311.