ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Gharadagh Monuments

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

Location

The village is located on the left side of the highway of Getabek-Shamkhor, on the southeast-facing slope of a gorge lying at an altitude of 1,540 to 1,660 metres above sea level, 5 kilometres north of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 253.

Historical Introduction
1770 y․

Stripped of its Armenian inhabitants in the 1770s, it served as a summer encampment for some cattle-breeding Turkish tribes until the late 19th century. In the early 20th century, they changed to a sedentary life and founded the present-day settlement.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 253.

Population
1914 y․

In 1914 the local population amounted to 40.