ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Tsrtnot 1 Monuments

NKR (Country) / Karvajar (District) / Tsrtnot (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. The first of them, situated on the altitude of 1950-2070 m, on the bare ground is renamed by later Kurdish inhabitants to Soyughbulagh (literally ‘cold spring’). There is a high probability that it’s ancient Tsrtnot (in this case the meaning of the toponym was calqued).

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

Historical Introduction
14 c․

Tsrtnot was recorded once in the document of Dopian dynasty (probably dating back to the XIV cent.), relating to the donation of this village to some of the monasteries in the province.

"Corpus", Issue 5, compiled by S. Barkhudarian, Yerevan, 1982, p. 216; 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.

Etymology

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Soyughbulagh