Isakend :: ARTSAKH LOCATIONS

Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Isakend (Village)

Location

The village extends on the left bank of the river Zakam, 27 kilometres south of the district centre, between 1,820 and 1,850 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 532.

Historical Introduction

It was founded in the site of an ancient abandoned Armenian village in the Soviet years.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 532.

19 y․

Some records of the late 19th century mention it by the name of Isakhan. During the same period, it belonged to Turkish landowner Zulghadarov.

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 11.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 532.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Isakhan	19 c․