ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Chaldash Monuments

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

Location

The village, which has an east-facing position, is located 11 kilometres south-west of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,460 to 1,550 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.

Historical Introduction
18 y․

After it had been stripped of its Armenian population in the 18th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.

20 c․

It served as a summer encampment for some cattle-breeders who took up permanent residence there in the early 20th century. In the 1890s, the ruins of a church and a cemetery were preserved in the area.

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 308.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Chaldagh

The available data regarding the number of the local Turkish population represent the following picture:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	220		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 410. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.
1914	193		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 204. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.
1986	888		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 10, Baku, 1987, p. 302. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 222.