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Location

It is situated on the north-facing slope of a mountain rising at an altitude of 1,130 to 1,260 metres above sea level, 21 kilometres west of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Historical Introduction

The village is mentioned by the historical name of Legharak in some bibliographical sources.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Scriptoria
1620 y․

In 1620 Priest Hakob copied a manuscript Gospel there and wrote the following in its colophon, “...dedicated to St. Hovhannes as well as Holy Archimandrites Vanakan and Grigor in Khoranashat’s Sourb Astvatzatzin Church located in the gorge of Zakam, in Legharak Village.”

Colophons of the Armenian Manuscripts of the 17th century, vol. 1. Compiled by Hakobian, V., Hovhannissian, A. Yerevan, 1974, pp. 725-726.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Location

Hin Bada used to be situated “at the foot of a lofty hill of a pointed top” rising on the left bank of one of the tributaries of the river Zakam. As the aforegoing source continues, “...it is permanently inhabited by some families from Bada whose main occupation is sericulture and animal husbandry so that the village bears a close resemblance to a nomads’ encampment.”

“These encampments that are very fit for cattle-breeding are called Bina” (Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 227).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Population
1880 y․

In the mid-1880s, Hin Bada had a population of some 20 to 25 houses.

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. 13.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Location

Nor (the Armenian equivalent for New) Bada was founded “in a wide plain of moderate altitude called Legharak.”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 227.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Foundation
1866 y․

Nor Bada. The available sources are not unanimous in mentioning the circumstances under which it was established. Thus, according to a press publication of 1893, “...the village was founded in the year 1866 by the former inhabitants of Nerkin Legharak which was situated near Zakam Station...”

“Nor-Dar,” 1889, No. 117, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Historical Introduction
1898 y․

Nor Bada. A record of 1898 states the following, “About half a century ago, this village was situated a little north of its present-day location, where now its gardens extend. It was the terrible heat that made its residents move to a place of a greater altitude.” Stating that “Nor (Metz) Bada was founded in Legharak about two centuries ago,” Kajberuny continues, “In the course of time, the inhabitants of the old village of the gorge increased so that their small village could not accommodate them any longer. Naturally, they were to move to their present-day place of residence which enjoys a favourable geographical position, a great altitude, an abundance of springs and other blessings.”

Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 322.
Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, pp. 228-229.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Construction Activity
1893 y․

By 1893 Bada had already grown into a rich, populous village, the following record attesting this, “Bada (Baden), a thriving village of more than 300 houses, is rich in gardens. Although the construction of its church is still underway, a young clergyman has already started performing priestly duties there. The village, which enjoys pure air and water, is adjoined by a forest and an iron mine, the only problem facing the local residents being the necessity of a school...”

“Ardzagank,” 1893, No. 44, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 50.

20 c․

Before the outbreak of the Armeno-Turkish fights early in the 20th century, “...the single- and double-storey neat houses, accurately erected side by side, stood as eloquent proof of Bada’s prosperity. Like the dwellings of the Russian immigrants, most of these buildings were covered with either straw or grass so that they could easily be set alight. The village also had barns, cattle-sheds, granaries, cellars, etc. ...”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 231.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

Population
18 c․

Sharing the fate of the other villages of the region, Bada was stripped of its Armenian population in the 1770s.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 450.

19 c․

In the early 19th century, the desolate village was revived thanks to some Armenian resettlers “...from Jraberd, Pambak and Gharamurat Villages...”

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 321.
Also see Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 322.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 451.

1862 y․

Below follows a list (1862) of Bada’s 91 housefathers which is of great value for the study of the history of the local families:

“Ghevond Shushanov;
Sahak Martirosov;
Stepan Astvatzaturov;
David Hadamov;
Hovhannes Danelov;
Khachatur Sargisov;
Harutiun Papeov;
Grigor Papov;
Hadam Grigorov;
Harutiun Grigorov;
Sargis Grigorov;
Stepan Avagov;
Movses Stepanov;
Hakob Stepanov;
Aghajan Kartishov;
Hovhannes Dadolov;
Poghos Galustov;
Arzuman Ter-Mkrtichov;
Arushan Hovhannessov;
Poghos Gabrielov;
Khachatur Asriov;
Simon Mkrtichov;
Poghos Arakelov;
Arakel Sahakov;
Patir Sargisov;
Arakel Harutiunov;
Hovhannes Astvatzaturov;
Martiros Grigorov;
Hovhannes Ghukassov;
Hovhannes Grigorov;
Hakob Avagian;
Grigor Avagian;
Poghos Arzumanov;
Khachatur Sargisov;
Tzatur Harutiunov;
Hakob Harutiunov;
Avag Danelov;
Khachatur Avagov;
Sahak Sargisov;
Harutiun Astvatzaturov;
Hakob Ghukasov;
Vardan Voskanov;
Martiros Harutiunov;
Daniel Margarov;
Arzuman Harutiunov;
Karapet Grigorov;
Vardazar Galustov;
Abraham Hovhannesov;
Avag Sargisov;
Papi Sargisov;
Ghazar Avetov;
Herapet Mkhitarov;
Barsegh Avetov;
Hovhannes Harutiunov;
Astvatzatur Yeghizarov;
Mkrtich Khachaturov;
Papi Khachaturov;
Poghos Kartishov;
Sargis Ghukasov;
Hovhannes Stepanov;
Grigor Hunanov;
Harutiun Sargisov;
Stepan Hovsepov;
Hovsep Apresov;
Harutiun Apresov;
Maki Hovhannesov;
Martiros Martirosov;
Margar Harutiunov;
Hovhannes Margarov;
Aghajan Margarov;
Hakob Avetov;
Voskan Hovsepov;
Grigor Ter-Vardanov;
Hovhannes Ter-Vardanov;
Gabriel Ter-Vardanov;
Harutiun Aghasiov;
Vardazar Nikoghayosov;
Hakob Unanov;
Karapet Ghukasov;
Harutiun Ghukasov;
Petros Khachaturov;
Atay Khachaturov;
Grigor Khachaturov;
Sargis Grigorov;
Grigor Avalov;
Akoy Avalov;
Hovhannes Harutiunov;
Galust Mejlumov;
Khachatur Avagian;
Sargis Sahakov;
Harutiun Azriov.”

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1,file 3841, pp. 196-197.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 450-451.

The available statistical evidence regarding the population of Bada dates from the ‘40s of the 19th century. In the course of some years, certain reduction could be observed in their number due to resettlement, various epidemics and the Armeno-Turkish fights.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 451.

Occupation

The Armenians of Bada were mainly occupied with farming, viticulture, bee-keeping, animal husbandry and silkworm breeding.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.

Economic Life
1890 y․

Touching upon the financial condition of the local people, a visitor wrote the following in 1890, “The arable lands and winter cattle-sheds belonging to Bada lie east of the village, towards Dashbulagh (the local inhabitants generally camp in the mountain dwellings belonging to Dabagh and Ayvaz). It does not have any storehouses, for its residents hardly have anything to store in. On the whole, the Armenians of Legharak face rather harsh living conditions: the poor arable lands do not yield rich crops so that they mainly grow wheat and barley. Each family owns only a small plot of land, on which they grow fruits and distil vodka from them, thus somehow making both ends meet until the end of the year. The farming lands belonging to the state, the poor peasants receive scanty income from them and eke out a miserable existence. Some of them even think of leaving their place of residence in search of fertile soil. “Some 30 to 40 years ago, however, the shortage of farming lands was not so acute: the local inhabitants generally lived in the mountain encampments now appropriated by the Zulghadarovs. Through bribery and false promises, the cunning bey made the elderly people of Bada yield up vast territories, including mountains, fields, springs, rivers and villages, to him. ‘If you support me,’ the guileful bey told them, ‘I shall allocate some lands to you.’ ... In fact, these elderly Armenians deprived their descendants of their piece of daily bread, delivering over the fertile fields and rich meadows to the mean enemy and bequeathing only some bare mountains to them.”

A record of 1890 states the following about the Zulghadarovs, “The Zulghadarovs, the eldest of whom is Allahyar Bey, are four brothers having large families. Mamad Bey, Mamarza Bey and Sultan Allahyar are respectively their father, grandfather and great grandfather” (Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, pp. 3-5).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 452-453.

Continuing his description of the economic life of Bada, the visitor writes, “The village has some wealthy inhabitants with an income of 2,000 to 3,000 rubles. I saw four smithies, the same number of dye-houses and three hawker’s shops there, but I failed to see others dealing in spirits. On the whole, Bada is a poor village, where no trade is conducted. Some of the local people are workers and farmers; others practise weaving and make woollen shawls, stocks, leather belts, etc.”

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, pp. 3-4; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 453.

20 c․

In the early 20th century, Bada had “...a butcher’s and five hawker’s shops as well as eight draperies...”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 233.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 453.

Armenian-Turkish Fights of 1905 to 1906
1905 y․

Believing in the hollow promises of Allahyar Bey Zulghadarov, an influential landowner from the neighbouring village of Keshishkyand, and convinced that he would support and protect them in case it proved necessary, the Armenians of Bada did absolutely nothing to put up a proper resistance against the inimical intrusion. With this regard, a record states, “Unfortunately, Bada turned out unable to repel the enemy attacks: the local inhabitants did not have any influential leader to unite them against the Turkish mob and control their actions... Despite that, however, realizing the tensity of the atmosphere, some young men who had personally experienced the horror of the February and August massacres perpetrated in Baku organized the self-defence of the village, following Chardakhlu Armenians’ example. Allahyar Bey Zulghadarov, however, lulled them into a false sense of security, saying, ‘Bada is my own village so that I will never yield it up. I feel closely attached to its inhabitants and will never let anyone touch them...’”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 333.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 453.

1905 y․

The insouciance of Bada Armenians was not broken even by the ill news of the Armenians’ slaughter committed at Zakam Station on 18 November, several eye-witnesses hardly having a narrow escape from certain death. On 19 November some reports were heard in the neighbourhood of Bada and the people living in the mountain encampments returned to the village with all their property and cattle: “...at that moment the village represented a scene that beggared any description. ...Unspeakable turmoil, intertwined with the weeping, mourning, cries, shouts and voices of thousands of people, had permeated through the entire village. The peasants were at a loss: they did not know what they were to do and where they were to go... It goes without saying that nobody thought of self-defence.”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 422. Before that attack, many of the local people hid their belongings in the village cemetery, as a result of which it was later ransacked by the Turks for the treasures it allegedly retained (Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 1170);
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 453.

1905 y․

The situation grew even worse due to the fact that “The inhabitants of Bada were absolutely deprived of any chances of getting arms and ammunition, for it was surrounded by numerous Turkish villages... The Turks of the neighbourhood were on their guard so that Bada would not be able to receive arms from the outer world.”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 335.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 453.

1905 y․

Sieged from all possible sides, through 20 to 23 November, Bada made desperate attempts to receive aid from the other Armenian villages, but in vain. Attacking it on 23 November, the Turks broke the poor resistance of the Armenians on the evening of the same day and intruded into the village: “...First they set alight the buildings... that sinister moment marking the notorious end of the existence of Bada: the history of a rich village was consigned to the past, its inhabitants’ blood covering the earth and their mourning permeating through the air. The local people were incessantly shot dead... some of them running away in the direction of the gardens without a second thought.”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, pp. 655-656.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 453.

1905 y․

The carnage, plunder and destruction continued for three days, the Turks also attacking and slaughtering ruthlessly the fugitives who had found shelter in the nearby caves and gorges. The third day (25 November) “...found the village totally stripped of its residents and left to the mercy of the Turkish mob, that had arrogated the fortune accumulated by the Armenians and were now busy carrying it away, without fearing any possible counterattack on the part of the Armenians and local bodies of government. Certainly, the new owners of the property the inhabitants of the once prospering village had left took their time over selecting their loot and differentiating between the light and heavy articles, including the wooden parts of the buildings, logs, doors, boards, etc. That unhurried pillage lasted for three months...”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 731.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 453.

1905 y․

These tragic events left “...the village totally levelled with the ground: even the walls of the buildings had not survived to be reconstructed into dwellings. The surviving Armenians faced the utmost necessity of rebuilding their village from its very foundations...” The massacres committed by the Turkish bandits took away the lives of 116 people, including Arakel Avagiants’, Saribek Nikoghossiants’ and Grigor Sargissiants’ families, that were exterminated up to their very last members.

“Mshak,” No. 80, 16 April 1906, p. 1.
Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 732. Another source reports 118 victims (A-Do, The Armeno-Turkish Fights in Caucasia. Yerevan, 1907, p. 349).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 453.

1905 y․

Those inhabitants of Bada who had had a miraculous escape from the carnage (277 houses with 1,664 inhabitants) found haven in Gandzak City and at the station of the same name, as well as in the Armenian villages of Pib, Banants, Khachakap, Barsum, Garnaker, Chardakhlu and Jagir.

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, pp. 859-860.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 454.

Part of them resettled in Tala, Khachtarak, Khavaradzor, Karvansara and Verin (Upper) Aghdam Villages of Ghazakh District.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3764, p. 212.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 454.

1906 y․

In January 1906, several hundred Armenians took up living in Sololak and Havlabar Quarters of Tiflis.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 454.

1905 y․

According to a press publication of 28 December 1905, the people who had found refuge in Karvansara “are in bad need of medical and financial aid.”

“Mshak,” 1906, No. 1, p. 1.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 454.

1905 y․

Learning about the tragic state of Bada from local priest Mesrop Ter-Stepanossiants, Catholicos of All Armenians Mkrtich Khrimian (1892 to 1907), who was in Tiflis early in December 1905, ordered that clothes, bed articles and other essentials should be urgently sent to the wretched fugitives. In its turn, the Central Relief Committee of Tiflis allocated them 5,000 rubles to buy flour.

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 734.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 454.

1906 y․

Obeying a Government order from 10 till 25 April 1906, conciliator Ivan Petrov made up a list of the losses the village and each of its families had suffered in the presence and with the participation of 150 local Armenian and Turkish inhabitants. According to their calculations, the compensation for the damage inflicted amounted to two million two thousand three hundred rubles.

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, pp. 1169-1170. According to Kajberuny, the amount the Tsarist authorities were to pay “can only partly compensate for the formidable damage inflicted upon the wretched village of Bada in the days of its destruction” (idem, p. 232).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 454.

Repairs
1906 y․

The Reconstruction of the Village. Administered to Bada Armenians. The Armenians of Bada returned in 1906 and immediately embarked upon the reconstruction of their village, that represented merely a heap of ruins (the local church of Sourb Astvatzatzin had not been spared demolition either). With this regard, an archive document states the following, “...going through unspeakable torture in 1905, our people, who had been reduced to miserable wretches, returned to their village on a Government order. It is already four years since they started repairing their houses with the sweat of their brow, without receiving any financial assistance.”

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3446.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 454-455.

Priests

Some archive documents mention local parish priests Abraham Ter-Harutiuniants in 1851, and Mkrtich Ter-Abrahamiants in 1862.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 2596, p. 52.
National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3841, p. 197.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 456.

1890 — 1923 yy․

Mesrop (secular name: Mkrtich) Movsissian Ter-Stepanossiants, who was ordained on 4 April 1890, served the village until at least 1923. He also worked as guardian of the monastery of Huskan Nahatak. In July 1906, the Armenians of Bada applied to the spiritual authorities “...with a request to release Mesrop Stepanossiants from performing priestly duties in the village, for its surviving inhabitants, who are in a grave financial plight, can not afford to sustain three parish priests. Besides, unable to endure the unspeakable privations caused by the Armeno-Turkish fights of 1905, some of them have scattered in various cities and villages.” An archive document written in December of the same year mentions only one priest, namely Grigor Ter-Abrahamiants, which suggests that the church powers met the aforementioned petition. As for Mesrop Stepanossiants, he was to serve in Tatlu (present-day Paravakar) Village of Shamshadin District, but he refused to assume that work under the excuse that “...it will be impossible for me to reach Tatlu safely, for it is surrounded by Turkish villages, the local beys and population being my bitter enemies...”

National Archives of Armenia, fund 461, list 1, file 56, p. 2; idem, file 12, pp. 79-80. A source of 1912 mentions Priest Mesrop in connection with the donation of a napless carpet to Echmiatzin Monastery (”Ararat,” 1912, p. 871).
National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 6, file 775, p. 28; National Archives of Armenia, fund 461, list 1, file 12, pp. 79-80; National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 813.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 456-457.

1897 — 1905 yy․

Grigor Ter-Hovakimian Ter-Harutiuniants (he had 9 children) served in Bada together with Mesrop Ter-Stepanossiants from 1897 until at least 1905. He also taught Religion and Armenian at the local public school.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 461, list 1, file 12, pp. 80-81.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 457.

1905 — 1908 yy․

In the early 20th century, Grigor Ter-Abrahamiants performed priestly duties in Bada together with Mesrop Ter-Stepanossiants and Nerses Ter-Abrahamiants. His fellow villagers admired his patriotism and devotion to his nation: “...Our parish priest Grigor Ter-Abrahamiants proved of great instrumentality in the days of the Armeno-Turkish fights of November 1905 and, especially, during the defence of Bada. Had we been lucky enough to have several other fighting people like him, our village would not have been levelled with the ground. It was his sermons that made us prepare for self-defence a few months before the outbreak of fighting... Unfortunately, however, Priest Grigor’s endeavours proved futile, for there was nobody to help him and struggle side by side with him. After our village had been ruined, some of the wretched peasants desperately sought refuge among the enemy. It was only thanks to his pretended kindness and flattery towards the Turks that Priest Grigor succeeded in liberating about 800 people and sending them to Shamshadin. He himself returned to his native village to take care of the other members of his flock who had been led astray. ...The welfare of his own self being absolutely unimportant for him, he set free another 62 of his compatriots held captive in different places...” In 1906 Grigor Ter-Abrahamiants joined the Armenians of Bada “...returning to their ruined houses and selflessly served his parish all on his own.” In 1908 he was mentioned as still holding his post.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3764, p. 308.
National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 813; file 817, p. 7.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 457-458.

Before the outbreak of the Armeno-Turkish fights, Nerses Ter-Abrahamiants served in Bada together with two other clergymen. After the destruction of the village, he found refuge in Shamshadin’s Norashen Village and was appointed spiritual shepherd there.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 813.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 458.

Monuments

The large cemeteries preserved in the territory of Bada are eloquent proof of its populousness.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 458.

Before 1890 the inhabitants of Bada got their drinking water from four springs running in the nearby gorge (they had troughs). Later the village acquired its own springs: " Arushan’s Spring is rather shallow, in contrast to the other, called Musi or Miji, which is distinguished for its tasty, abundant water. Built by Tzerat, it has a wooden trough, its sheets of water being three inches thick...”

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 4.
Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 229.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 459.

The neighbourhood of Bada retained some ancient village sites and cemeteries: “Tonirs, clay vessels and pipes, extending at varying depths and in different directions, as well as the remnants of a pottery and smithy were unearthed there during digging.”

An underground oven used in bread baking in Armenian villages. Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 230.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 460.

The ruins of a village site and grave-yard are preserved in the vicinity of the Turkish village of Tatarli located some 3 to 4 kilometres north-west of Bada. An extensive plain lying west of the village (in the direction of Kamandar) “...retains some ancient chapels and cemeteries. Distinguished for an ancient thick oak-tree of rich foliage, the site serves as a pilgrimage destination for the inhabitants of Bada.”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, p. 228.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 460.

Type Photo
View Exterior
Direction From the west
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Badenk
Bdadzor
Legharak
Hin Bada
Nor Bada	1866 y․

Below follow the available statistical data regarding the number of the local population:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1840	34	102	92	194		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1,file 3841, pp. 196-197; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1841		160	117	277		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3800, p. 7; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1842		150	170	320		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3802, pp. 57-58; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1844		165	123	288		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3805, pp. 84-85; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1849		306	259	565		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3809, pp. 73-74; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1851	90	303	255	558		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3818, pp. 75-76; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1853		340	256	596		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 2596, p. 52; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1857		315	248	563		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 2743, pp. 102-103; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1862	90					National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3830, p. 292; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1866	90					National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3848, p. 86; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1874				1242		Caucasian Calendar for 1886, Tiflis, 1885, p. 124; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1879		647	510	1157		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3870, p. 90; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1882		472	408	880		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3874, pp. 129-130; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1883		508	438	946		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3875, p. 3; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1885		605	499	1104		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3877, p. 8; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1886	270	634	439	1073	Another source reports 247 houses with 1,720 inhabitants, including 985 males and 735 females. Also see Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 76-77; Caucasian Calendar for 1894, Tiflis, 1893, p. 155.	National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3879, p. 126. Also see “Ardzagank,” 1888, No. 7, p. 87; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1887		705	623	1328		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3880, p. 31; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1888		721	641	1362		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3882, p. 135; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1889		743	668	1411	Another source reports 180 houses (“Nor-Dar,” 1889, No. 117, p. 2).	National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3884, p. 12; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1890		765	692	1457		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3887, p. 154; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1891		748	735	1483		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3889, p. 153; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1892		713	739	1452		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3891, p. 125; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1893		740	749	1489		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3895, pp. 13-14; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1895	245	735	713	1448		Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 321; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1897		908	764	1672		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3899, pp. 151-152; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1898		959	731	1690		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3897, p. 174; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1899		1009	771	1780		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3903, p. 22; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1900		1032	722	1754		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3905, p. 14; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1901		1087	760	1847		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, lists 1-2, file 205, pp. 145-146; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1902		1017	785	1802		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3907, pp. 28-29; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1905	300	1388	1225	2713		Kajberuny. The Destruction of Bada Village. In: “Ararat,” 1910, pp. 231-232; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1906		827	698	1525		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3915, p. 75; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1907				1524		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 240, p. 2; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1908				1965	According to another source, the village had 350 houses with 3,405 inhabitants, including 1,980 males and 1,425 females (National Archives of Armenia, fund 35, list 1, file 559, p. 12).	Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 194; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1910		1980	1420	3400		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3917, pp. 60-61; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1914				2111		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 95; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1917	400			2518		Avetissian, M. M. A Reference Book on the Settlements and Population Number of Nagorno Karabakh and Zangezur (1917). In: “Banber Hayastani Arkhivneri,” 1991, No. 3, p. 167; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1976				1526		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Baku, 1976, p. 535; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.
1988				1200	Attested by the Village Council.	Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 452.