ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Aghjakyand Monuments

NKR (Country) / Kashatagh (District) / Aghjakyand (Village)

Location

The whole slope along the right bank of the Hochants River, between the villages Katos and Arvakan is covered with thick forest. The two quarters of the village are situated at the left river bank, barely 1 km of each other.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 154.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

The Kurds that settled here in the early 19th century called these villages abandoned by Armenians, Aghjakand and Ghoshasu.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 154.

Location

The former is situated on top of a high bare cliff towering above the river, while the latter is extending along the banks of two streams.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 154.

Population

Description

In accordance with the Annex of St. Orbelian’s Chronicle, the area between Spitakajur and Arvakan villages was occupied by the village Karaglukh. Of all the villages in this region (Sheylanli, Katos, Aghjakand and Ghoshasu), only one, namely Aghjakand was situated in such a geographical position, which would match to this description, and correspond to the name: Karaglukh means Top of the rock’. Therefore we assume that Aghjakand situated just on the edge of the rock should be the historical Karaglukh village.

Chronicle of St. Orbelian, Yerevan, 1942, p. 42.
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 154.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Karaglukh