ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Kholozants 1600 — 1812 yy․ Monuments

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

Location

These two villages, which are known both by their Turkish and historical Armenian names, are situated in the gorges, respectively 9 and 11 km south of Karvajar, at the right bank of a small tributary flowing to the Trtu.

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

Historical Introduction
1763 y․

It was Kholozants mentioned in the cadastre of Dadi Vank estates compiled in 1763.

"Jambr" Assembled and Rendered by Simeon Catholicos Yerevantsi, Vagharshapat, 1873, p. 283; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 50.

Construction Activity

Both villages were built up quite densely. The Kurds that settled in the villages later adapted to the existing conditions. They didn’t change the planning even during the Soviet period, and built new houses on old foundations.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 50.

Description

2.2 km far of the latter there is a village currently called Kholagel-Alkhasli, which may be doubtlessly identified with historical Kholozants. In this case the toponym was distorted.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, pp. 49-50.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Kholazey-Alkhasli
Kholozyak	1812 — 1920 yy․
Khayuttsok	1812 — 1920 yy․