ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Pravda Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Pravda (Village)

Location

The village is located 17 kilometres east of the district centre, at an altitude of 240 to 255 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 514.

Historical Introduction
1864 y․

By 1864 the cattle-breeding Turkish tribes inhabiting Alabashli had not changed to a sedentary life yet so that the so-called village actually existed only in winter.

Meves, V. Articles on Yelizavetpol District. In: “Kavkaz,” 1865, No. 48, p. 258.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 514.

1886 y․

In 1886 Alabashli was within the jurisdiction of the Village Councils of the adjacent settlements of Kadili and Myulkadarli.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 515.

Population
1886 y․

In 1886 had a stock-raising Turkish community of 101 houses, including 437 males and 315 females.

Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 76-77.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 515.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Alabashli