Mushavakh :: ARTSAKH LOCATIONS

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Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Dashkesan (District) / Mushavakh (Village)

Location

The village is located on the south-facing slope of a gorge lying on the left bank of the Dastapor, i.e. the left tributary of the river Gandzak, 9.5 kilometres south-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,580 to 1,640 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 204.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was stripped of its Armenian population in the second half of the 18th century and lay deserted until the late 19th century, when some stock-breeding Turkish tribes founded the present-day settlement in its site.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 204.

Population:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	340		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 328. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 204.
1914	362		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p 162. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 204.