Hajav :: ARTSAKH LOCATIONS

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NKR (Country) / Karvajar (District) / Hajav (Village)

Location

One of the most significant settlements in the province, the historical village of Hajav, is situated 3.5 km north of the regional centre Karvajar, on a bare slope extending like an amphitheater over the stream, 1690-1820 m above the sea.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 44.

Historical Introduction
13 c․

Although this settlement was first mentioned in the XIII cent., and for the second time - in 1661 only , about ten khachkars standing in situ witness that the settlement had been one of the most densely populated and flourishing villages in the province.

SCHARA, F. 57, L. 1, C. 4, p. 4 (in Arm.). Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 44.

Construction Activity

Hajav is one of the oldest settlements that have fully preserved the planning peculiarities of the medieval period (similar to Tzar, Mos, Jrag and other villages). It is really remarkable for the density of building, and other details characteristic of old Armenian settlements: houses built on bare rocks along the streets, long basement walls built of huge stones.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 49.

Description
1950 y․

During the Soviet period the village inhabited by assimilated Kurds, was twice renamed - to Molotov, then - to Oktyabrkand.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 44.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Colour Negative

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Oktyabrkyand
Molotov