Cemetery :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cemetery

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Dashkesan / Banants

Historical Introduction

Ancient sites are of great importance to the study of the history of any settlement. With this regard, Banants’ cemetery, which is unusually rich in epitaphs, is of immense significance not only to the investigation into the village’s past but also from the standpoint of conducting research into the history of entire Northern Artsakh. To the great luck of Banants’ inhabitants and all Armenians, in 1986 Martiros Chalumian, a local artist and builder, put down all the epitaphs found in this spacious graveyard with the utmost care and attention, thus carrying out gigantic work which, unfortunately, cannot be said about the other devastated Armenian villages of the region.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 102.

15 c․

The oldest dated monuments of the cemetery trace as far back as the 15th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 102.

Martiros Chalumian found it expedient to present the epitaphs of the 19th century not chronologically but in the alphabetical order of family names.

Some years ago, we published parts of this collection of epitaphs in three issues of the “Gardmank” magazine (1996, Nos. 1, 2, 3) with some editing.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 102-103.

Type Photo
View Partial view
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Partial view
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Aghajaniants

Adikhaniants (Dkhanonts)

Atanessiants

Ananiants

Arakeliants

Avagiants

Badaliants

Baghdasariants (Evetranank, Kotkunk, Pichunk)

Barseghiants

Beknazariants

Bnichiants (Banuchiants)

Gabrieliants

Gevorgiants

Grigoriants

Gulunts

Dallakiants

Danieliants

Datunts (Tatunts)

Tsits kar

Khachkar

Cradle-shaped Grave-Stone

Grave-stone

Rectangular Grave-Stone

Grave-stone

Stone Slab

Grave-stone

Rectangular Grave-Stone

Grave-stone

Rectangular Grave-Stone

Grave-stone

Khachkar

Grave-stone

Donunts (Tonunts)

Thorossiants

Khalipiants

Tzapoviants

Kurjunts (Gyurjunts)

Hakobiants

Hovhannissiants

Hrapetants (Varunts)

Ghavalants

Ghulunts

Manushakiants

Melik-Israyelyants

Melik-Israyeliants

Melik-Tzaturiants

Melik-Matevossiants

Mirzants

Montunts

Mukeliants (Michaeliants)

Nadiriants

Nalbandiants

Nerkarariants (Nerkrarants)

Shahmuradiants

Shahumiants

Chilinkariants

Chopuriants

Poghossiants

Jalladiants

Ваанянц

Vanunts (Vaniants)

Vardazariants

Vardapetiants

Ter-Avetikiants

Ter-Yepiskopossiants

Ter-Israyeliants

Ter-Khachatriants

Ter-Hovsepiants

Ter-Michaeliants

Ter-Mkrtchiants

Ter-Sahakiants

Kostunts