ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Kharkhar Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Kharkhar (Village)

Location

The village lies at the right edge of the highway of Shamkhor-Getabek, 12 kilometres north of the district centre, between 1,450 and 1,550 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

The remnants of some ancient buildings preserved in its centre attest that an Armenian village existed here even before the arrival of the Russian resettlers in the late 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.

1770 y․

With its Armenian name forgotten after its devastation in the 1770s, the Russians renamed it Alexeyevka.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.

Population
1908 y․

The Russian immigrants totaled 199 in 1908, and 421 in 1914.

Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, pp. 86, 178.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.

1905 y․

In 1905 the village also had 5 Armenian houses.

A-Do, The Armeno-Turkish Fights in Caucasia. Yerevan, 1907, p. 378.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.

In the Soviet years, it was re-populated by Turks and renamed Kharkhar.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.

1986 y․

In 1986 the local people amounted to 1,187.

Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 10, Baku, 1987, p. 59.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Alekseyevka