ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Nukzar 14 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Nukzar (Village)

Location

Nukzar is situated in an elevated plain lying on the right bank of the river Shamkor, 17 kilometres southeast of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,340 to 1,410 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.

Population
19 c․

The local Armenians were the former inhabitants of Kanaker, Jatgheran (nowadays Geghashen Village in Aragatzotn Marz of the Republic of Armenia) and Jerviz Villages of Yerevan Khanate who took up residence in this village at the beginning of the 19th century.

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 294.
Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, pp. 324-325.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.

The analysis of the available statistical data regarding the local population (they date back to the ‘40s of the 19th century) reveal that on the whole, their number continually grew in the period between the 19th century and the establishment of the Soviet rule.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.

1982 — 1989 yy․

Unfortunately, information concerning the number of Nukzar’s population in the Soviet years is rather scanty, but the data of 1982 indicate that on the eve of the deportation (between 1988 and 1989, the local residents were obliged to leave their native village) their number had dropped to 31 houses.

Khojabekian, V. Artsakh during the Hours of Ordeal. Yerevan, 1991, p. 114, in Armenian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.

Armenian-Turkish Fights of 1905 to 1906
1906 y․

Surrounded by Turkish villages in three directions, Nukzar did not escape the enemy attacks. Gr. Vardaniants writes the following in connection with the events of 1906, “At 10 o’clock on 5 January, a Turkish mob amounting to several thousand mounted an offensive against the village. About 40 armed Armenians who were defending Nukzar succeeded in repelling the enemy, who resumed the onslaught with even greater ferocity and larger forces at 5 o’clock on the morning of 8 January. Through the support of 8 armed men from the neighbouring settlement of Chovdar, the Armenians again won the battle that had lasted for 9 hours and 40 minutes. The fighting caused six Armenian fatalities, with another three getting wounded, while the Turks suffered 60 casualties.”

“Mshak,” 1906, No. 28, p. 1.
Also see A-Do, The Armeno-Turkish Fights in Caucasia. Yerevan, 1907, pp. 341-342. Another record states the following regarding the second Turkish offensive, “About three thousand bandits, led by Dali Ali, again attacked Nugzar with the aim of plundering it and slaughtering the local people. They engaged in a fierce battle that lasted from 5 until 11 o’clock in the morning. Despite the Turks’ numerical superiority and various tricks they played, they failed to break into the village, for the Armenians were resisting them persistently and fervently. They only managed to set alight several barns and some piles of grass, but they suffered great losses and were repelled. It was a humiliating and disgraceful withdrawal: the vans they had brought with them to carry their trophies left the village with nothing but the corpses of their victims. Nugzar lost six courageous volunteers” (Varandian, M. History of Hay Heghapokhakan Dashnaktsutiun. Yerevan, 1992, p. 353).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Newsger
Newukzar
Nunguzar

In the period between the 19th century and the establishment of the Soviet rule, the number of Nukzar's population continually grew:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1845		70	75	145		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3811, pp. 5-6; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.
1847		72	73	145		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3814, pp. 97-98; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.
1849		103	99	202		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3818, pp. 97-98; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.
1850	36	106	107	213		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 2596, p. 111; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.
1852		114	111	225		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3819, pp. 106-107; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.
1861	28					National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3835, pp. 148-149; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.
1866	37	173	117	290		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3848, p. 57; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 508.
1870		183	125	308		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3857, pp. 49-50; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1872		253	150	403	Another statistical source reports 534 inhabitants (National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3859, pp. 161-162).	National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3872, pp. 62-63; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1874				365		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3864, pp. 41-42; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1875				373		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3866, pp. 45-46; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1876				385		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3868, pp. 57-58; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1877		256	142	398		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3869, pp. 54-55; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1878		249	143	392		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3870, pp. 23-24; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1880		253	150	403		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3872, pp. 30-31; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1881		253	159	412		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3873, pp. 27-28; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1882		261	161	422		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3874, p. 30; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1883		268	166	434		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3875, pp. 56-57; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1885	60	235	195	430		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 3877, p. 30. Also see “Ardzagank,” 1885, No. 4, p. 51; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1886	76	301	261	562	Another source reports 60 houses (“Ardzagank,” 1886, No. 21, p. 308).	Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 76-77; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1887		254	322	576		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3880, p. 74; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1888		270	328	598		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3882, p. 132; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1889		288	343	631		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3884, pp. 228-229; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1890		297	349	646		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3887, p. 151; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1891		313	360	673		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3889, p. 150; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1892		314	368	382		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3891, p. 122; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1893		324	379	703		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3895, pp. 78-79; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1894		332	389	721		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3896, pp. 175-176; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1895	70	360	323	683		Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 294; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1897		370	420	790		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3899, pp. 148-149; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1898		383	431	814		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3897, p. 170; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1899		386	435	821		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3903, pp. 128-129; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1900		394	441	835		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3905, pp. 94-95; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1901		409	450	859		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3906, pp. 100-101; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1902		418	464	882		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3907, pp. 24-25; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1905		425	463	888		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3912, pp. 267-268; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1906		458	505	963		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3915, p. 24; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1907				865		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 240, p. 2; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1908	121	501	431	932	According to another statistical source of 1908, the local inhabitants amounted to 932 (Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 337).	National Archives of Armenia, fund 35, list 1, file 559, p. 12; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1909		443	462	905		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 18, file 764, p. 118; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1910		536	461	997		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3917, pp. 60-61; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1912		966	487	1453		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3919, pp. 63-64; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1914				1000		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 167; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1917	102			1007		Avetissian, M. M. A Reference Book on the Settlements and Population Number of Nagorno Karabakh and Zangezur (1917). In: “Banber Hayastani Arkhivneri,” 1991, No. 3, p. 166; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.
1982				608		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 7, Baku, 1983, p. 311; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 509.