ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Novo-Grelovka 1 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Novo-Grelovka (Village)

Location

The village extends in the area of the source of the Artapa, the right tributary of the river Jagir, 11.5 kilometres north-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,590 to 1,660 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268.

Historical Introduction
17 c․

Before the 17th century, it was known by the name of Erenetsik.

Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, pp. 356-357.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268.

1691 y․

Its second historical name, ‘Artap,’ is mentioned in 1691 in connection with the struggle between Aghvank Catholicoses Simon and Yeremia. Head of the village Tahir and the local priests swore an oath of loyalty to the latter, signing a “Document of Agreement” together with other representatives of the religious and secular powers (“My priests and I, village head of Artap Tahi, give our consent to this”).

“Ararat,” 1900, p. 320.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268.

18 c․

The village preserved its Armenian population until the ‘70s of the 18th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268.

Population
1840 y․

In the 1840s, it sheltered some Russian Dukhobors who founded the settlement of Novo-Goreloye (Novo-Gorelovka) there. Part of them, about 19 families, moved to the newly-established region of Kars in the ‘80s of the 19th century.

Abelov, N. A. A Study of the Economic Conditions of State Peasantry in Yelizavetpol District of Yelizavetpol Province. A reprint from Materials for the Study of the Economic Conditions of State Peasantry in Transcaucasia, vol. 7, Tiflis, 1887, p. 21. Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268.

1980 y․

In the 1980s, the village had a mixed population of Russians and Azerbaijanis, who amounted to 404 in 1983.

Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 7, Baku, 1983, p. 281.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Erenetsik
Artap
Artapa
Novo-Goreloye

The available scanty statistical data regarding the number of the local inhabitants represent the following picture:

Dates	Russian Houses	Russians (Male)	Russians (Female)	Total (Russians)	Notes	Source
1886	61	236	238	474		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 86-87; Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 357; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Ye
1894	50					“Ardzagank,” 1894, No. 104, p. 2; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268.
1908				520		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 335. Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268.
1914				743		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 163; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 268: