ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Kesaman Monuments

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

Location

The settlement is located 14 kilometres north-west of the district centre, between 1,220 and 1,300 metres of altitude above sea level.

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

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was founded in the site of an ancient abandoned Armenian village by some Turkish herdsmen who had shifted to a sedentary life in the late 19th century.

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

Population
1914 y․

In 1914 the local population amounted to 204.