ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Voskanapat 16 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Khanlar (District) / Voskanapat (Village)

Location

The village, which is surrounded by thickly-wooded mountains, lies on the slanting southeast-facing slope of a mountain, on the left bank of the river Gandzak (Voskanapat), 17 kilometres south of Gandzak City, at an altitude of 870 to 950 metres above sea level. It is about 1.4 kilometre long and hardly 200 metres wide along the left bank of the river. The local buildings, that are situated in the immediate vicinity of the riverside, extend up the slope at about 80 metres. The most elevated quarter of the village is the one adjoining the parish church of St. Hakob and located at its southern extremity.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 434.

Historical Introduction

The territory of present-day Voskanapat has been inhabited since time immemorial. The excavations conducted in a tomb unearthed some articles of the Middle Bronze Age which have their parallels in Vanadzor (in Lori Marz of the Republic of Armenia) and Treghk (also known as ‘Trialet’ and situated in Tzaghka District of the Republic of Georgia). This is also attested by the results of archaeological investigation carried out by other researhers.

Lang D. M. The peoples of the Hills. London, 1971, p. 92.
Narimanov, I. Archaeological Research in the Valley of the River Gandzak. Baku, 1958, in Azerbaijanian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 434.

1314 y․

The earliest record mentioning Voskanapat is an inscription of 1314 carved on a boundary cross which is preserved in Tzaghkots Monastery standing in the gorge of Shamkor. https://artsakhmonuments.org/public/en/monuments#result

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 434:

Name Origin

Kajikian provides the following etymology for the toponym, “...It is generally assumed that this cloister was built by a certain Melik Voskan and called after him, i.e. Voskan Anapat [‘Cloister’ is the English equivalent for the Armenian word ‘anapat’]. Its name spread to the village which became known as Voskanapat. We do not know, however, who Voskan was and when he founded the aforementioned sanctuary...”

“Ardzagank,” 1886, No. 20, p. 294.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 435.

17 c․

There was no melik named Voskan in the melikdom of Voskanapat established in 1601. Besides, the earliest available records on the meliks of Voskanapat date from the 17th century; therefore, the toponym which traces back to a period much earlier than the 17th century cannot have derived from Melik Voskan’s name, even if there did exist such a historical personality. As for the aforementioned convent, whose construction is ascribed to the “imaginary” melik, it dates from the 17th century and was built after the village had become a residence for meliks, i.e. after 1601.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 435.

This sanctuary, which was dedicated to the Holy Virgin, is mentioned by different names: Voski Cloister, Voskanapat Cloister and Sourb Voskiants. The last of them gives us grounds to suppose that the church of the cloister was erected over the remains of an unknown saint (‘Sourb Voskiants’ is the Armenian equivalent for ‘Sacred Bones’). There are, however, no existing materials to maintain this hypothesis; nor can we substantiate that the convent was built in the site of an older church.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 435.

1314 y․

The toponym of ‘Voskanapat’ dates from at least the 14th century (1314).

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 434.

'Voskanapat' was distorted into ‘Seknapat’ in the local dialect. The Persians referred to the village by the name of Zurnabad, which was later declared its official name by the Azeri authorities.

Jalaliants, S. A Travel to Great Armenia, part 1, Tpghis, 1842, p. 169.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 437.

Construction Activity
1890 y․

A visitor who saw Voskanapat in the 1890s described it in the following manner, “The small gorge is shrouded in gardens. The village streets are dirty and irregular. On the whole, its houses are not badly-built and even include some fine two-floor residences...”

Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 314.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 437.

1988 y․

Almost no construction activity was unfolded in the village throughout the Soviet years: no new buildings were erected or quarters founded so that it thoroughly preserved the architectural features it had before the Soviet takeover.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 437.

Outstanding Personalities
16 c․

By the late 16th century, the Ottoman incursions had put Voskanapat in severe living conditions and the representatives of the local principality expected aid from the Persian shah in their struggle against the Turkish invaders: “The Armenian, Georgian and Muslim inhabitants of Transcaucasia continually addressed petitions to Shah Abbas, urging him to launch a counter-attack as soon as possible. The rulers of many villages and districts as well as the people under their control kept abandoning their places of living for the Persian capital of Isfahan, where they complained of the Ottoman oppression bitterly.”

Leo. Works, vol. 3, part 1. Yerevan, 1969, p. 232.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 437.

Those who had left for Isfahan included “...Sarukhan Bey and his brother Nazar from Voskanapat Village...”

History by Arakel Davrizhetsy. Yerevan, 1990, p. 63.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 438.

1601 y․

Several years later (1601), Shah Abbas conferred the title of Melik on Nazar, who “...was renamed Shahnazar, i.e. ‘Shah’s Eye,’ for he was one of the favourites of the Persian sovereign.”

Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 266.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 438.

Melik Shahnazar founded the princely family of the Shahnazariants, who enjoyed their rights and title until the region joined Russia (later they preserved their noble title and certain land ownership rights). The Melik-Shahnazariants held possession of Mirzik, Brajur, Murut, Voskanapat, that served as their seat, as well as the Turkish villages of Ghazanchi and Gharapirimli located in what is present-day Kasum-Ismayilov District.

Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 266.
National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 8-9.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 438.

The epitaphs preserved in Voskanapat’s cemetery777 helped Yer. Lalayan to arrange the meliks in the following order, “According to the epitaphs, Melik Shahnazar was succeeded by Meliks Hovsep I; Yavri (died in 1720); Yusup II (died in 1730); Gabriel (died in 1780), and Yusup III (died in 1826), who had two sons, Beklar Bey and Yavri Bey, as well as a brother, Kochar Bey, who died in 1740...”

Regretfully, we failed to conduct proper investigation into this ancient site before the deportation of 1988. Lalayan, Yer. Gandzak District. In: “Azgagrakan Handes,” vol. 5, Tiflis, 1899, No. 1, p. 266.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 438.

This list, unfortunately, contains certain errors. Thus, the signatories to a letter the meliks of Karabakh addressed to Governor General of Caucasia Pavel Sergei Potyomkin (1743 to 1796) in 1783 included “...Melik Gabriel of Voskanapat...”779 Therefore, he could not have died in 1780. Besides, Kochar Bey passed away in 1840 and not 1740 (probably, a misprint which was not corrected even in the second edition of Lalayan’s work), which is attested by an archive document of 1839 mentioning Kochar Bey among the “alive” inhabitants of Voskanapat.

The Armeno-Russian Relations in the 18th century, vol. 4. Yerevan, 1990, p. 222, in Russian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 438.

An archive document of 1630 mentions Melik Hovsep I “...from Zurnabat (Voskanapat),” who put his signature to a document ratifying the inviolability of Gandzasar’s monastic estates.

“Ararat,” August 1914, p. 736.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 438.

Another archive document of 1691, which bears a seal dated 1690, makes reference to “Ghalapek from Voskanapat ...” There are no other records on Ghalapek, but presumably, he held the title of Melik, for he represented the melikdom of Voskanapat.

“Ararat,” June 1900, p. 320.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 438.

For many decades, the local people recalled an episode from Melik Hovsep III’s life, which was recorded and published in due time.

Mamikoniants, A. A Historical Event. In: “Ardzagank,” 1888, No. 5, pp. 59-60. Yer. Lalayan included this material in his work entitled Gandzak District without any reference to its source.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 439.

Population

There exist a vast amount of data relating to the number of Voskanapat’s population between the 19th and 20th centuries. Unfortunately, earlier records have not come down to us, but the large dimensions of the parish church of St. Hakob (25.60 x 11.20 metres) built in the 17th century suggest that the village boasted at least 2,000 to 3,000 inhabitants at that time: otherwise, there would be no need to erect such a large sanctuary.

Churches of such huge dimensions are very rare in Artsakh. The largeness of the sanctuary speaks of the populousness of the village. Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 439.

18 c․

The situation drastically changed in the 18th century: between 1712 and the early 1720s, the entire region of Gardmank continually suffered the Lezghins’ raids, their hordes penetrating “...into the gorge of Voskanapat as well...”

A Brief History of Aghvank by His Holiness Yesayi Hasan Jalaliants Catholicos of Aghvank. Jerusalem, 1868, p. 24.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 439.

1722 y․

In 1722 Georgian King Vakhtang’s army devastated the districts belonging to Gandzak’s Javad Khan, allegedly, for the purpose of punishing him. As attested by an eye-witness, the Georgians even surpassed the Lezghins in the atrocities they committed against the Armenian villages of the area: “...the base Georgians, who proved even more merciless than the Caucasian invaders, penetrated into every single gorge and mountain in Zakam, Shamkor, Ganjapasan, Voskanapat, the valley of the river Kurak and Partaw up to Gulistan Village and the river Derdu.”

A Brief History of Aghvank by His Holiness Yesayi Hasan Jalaliants Catholicos of Aghvank. Jerusalem, 1868, p. 42.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 439.

In 1724 Gandzak suffered the invasions of the Ottoman Turks, followed by the wars unleashed as a result of the separatist claims of the khan of Gandzak. The Armenians’ emigration from their homeland that began “thanks” to Georgian King Heracle’s “efforts,” the epidemic of plague that broke out at the close of the century, and the unprecedented famine following it came to add to the previous calamities and actually devastated Voskanapat as well as the entire region.

See The Bloodless Slaughter of Gardman Armenians in Lis (in: “Gardmank,” No. 3, p. 16) and The Armenian Refugees of Gardmank in Georgia (in: “Gardmank,” No. 1, p. 7) for details about the resettlement of Voskanapat Armenians in the village of Lis located near Tiflis.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 439-440.

19 c․

In 1805 Gandzak Khanate, that had almost been stripped of its Armenian population, joined Russia. The following two decades proved as tumultuous as the previous ones: suffice it to mention the incursion of the Persian army under Abbas Mirza’s leadership in 1826. It was only after the late 1820s that the Armenians of Voskanapat who had scattered here and there again gathered in their village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.

1839 y․

In 1839 it comprised merely 22 families with 170 residents whose names are preserved in an archive document.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3800, p. 29. This archive document contains some errors in the number of the male and female members of the local families. The former total 91, and the latter 100, which is not correct. In fact, the village had 90 male and 80 female inhabitants.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.

“Nobleman Yavribeg Melik-Shahnazariants, his wife Sultan, their daughter Sehar as well as their sons Aghabeg and Hovsep; Aznvakan’s brother Beglar, his wife Khanum, their daughter Taguhi as well as their sons Ohanes and Shamir;
Kochar’s son Aznvakan Melik-Shahnazariants, his wife Pari, their sons 1. Adam; 2. Nariman with his wife Herik, his son Mejlum and his daughter Begum, and 3. Arustam with his daughters Ghamar and Sultan;
Arakel Melkumian, his wife Sandukht, their sons Arushan, Harutiun, Mkrtich, Hovsep as well as their daughters Khanum, Nazi, Anakhas and Mariam;
Michael Ghazarian, his wife Khanum, their sons Poghos, Karapet, Ghazar as well as their daughters Yeghsom and Herik;
Sargis Hovsepian, his wife Herik and their son Petros; Sargis’ brother Aslan and his wife Aziz with their daughters Mariam and Herik;
Hakob Simonian, his wife Hori and their daughter Mariam;
Arakel Navasardian, his wife Margaret, their sons 1. Kochari, his wife Nakhshun, their daughter Javahir as well as their sons Sargis, Yesayi, Hakob and Ghazi, 2. Avag, his wife Pari, their son Abraham as well as their daughters Mariam and Khanum;
Hovhannes Poghossian, his wife Heghine, their sons 1. Arustam, his wife Pashakh and their daughter Sanam, 2. Ghahraman, his wife Herik and his daughter Anayi;
Apres Arjunts, his wife Vardi, their daughter Ajabnan as well as Apres’ sister Anayi and his mother Khatayi;
Aghajan Ohannissian, his wife Taguhi, their daughter Sehar, their sons Sahak, Ohanes, Harutiun, Hakob and Grigor; Aghajan’s brothers Tunibob and Stepan;
Murat from Khoy, his wife Ghumash, their sons 1. Thomas with his wife Herik, and 2. Sargis with his daughters Sabet and Mariam;
Israpil Stepanian, his wife Anayi and their daughter Javahir; Israpil’s sister Khatayi and his mother Tamam;
Sahak Movsessian, his wife Mariam as well as their sons Gevorg, Ohanes and Harutiun with his wife Herik;
Saghatel Davtian, his wife Mariam, their son Hovsep and their daughter Tazagul;
Baba Avetian and his wife Sara together with their sons Avetis, Sargis and Hovhannes;
Shahsvar Mosessian, his wife Sirunna, their sons Mnatsakan, and Sargis with his wife Mariam;
Ballu Vanian and his wife Khatayi with their sons Hakob and Hovhannes;
Khachatur Hovhannissian, his wife Shahum, their son Hakob as well as their daughters Sabed, Nazi, Herik and Mariam; Khachatur’s brothers Mkrtum, Gevorg with his wife Anayi, and Harutiun with his wife Taguhi, his son Hovhannes as well as his daughters Sandukht and Mariam;
Arzuman Khachaturian, his wife Javahir, their sons Melkum and Hakob as well as their daughters Hori and Taguhi; Arzuman’s brothers 1. Sargis with his wife Sabed, 2. Ghahraman with his wife Mariam as well as his sons Poghos and Petros; Arzuman’s cousins Movses and Harutiun Vardanian;
Harutiun Mkrtumian, his wife Jorap and his son Mnatsakan; Harutiun’s brother Poghos and his wife Taguhi with their daughters Mariam and Javahir;
Hovhannes Hayrapetian, his wife Sabed, their daughter Sanam as well as their sons Arustam, Poghos, Petros and Sargis;
Widower Bayram Poghossian, his sons Harutiun and Karapet as well as his daughters Taguhi, Tellu, Gayane and Mehri.”

Noblemen Yavribek, Beklar and Kochari Bey (he died in 1840) were Melik Hovsep III’s sons (he died in 1826). A district of Historical Armenia, at present forming part of North-western Iran. National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3800, p. 29.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.

19 c․

The table indicates that the local inhabitants continually grew throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. Like the other villages of the region, Voskanapat sometimes suffered losses due to various lethal infectious diseases: thus, in 1893 smallpox took away 15 lives.

“Ardzagank,” 1893, No. 50, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.

20 c․

Although the village grew even more populous in the first decades of Soviet rule, as a result of the emigration that started later and acquired larger scale particularly in the 1970s, the number of the local residents was gradually reduced. In March 1989, Voskanapat saw the deportation of its last remaining 500 Armenian inhabitants and was left absolutely derelict.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.

Great Patriotic War

The village participated in the Great Patriotic War with 309 of its inhabitants, 154 of whom did not return from the battle-field.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.

Priests
1869 — 1905 yy․

In 1869 “Michael (formerly: Mkrtich) Ter-Hovhannessian Ter-Avagiants from Voskanapat was ordained to serve the churches of the Armenian villages of Murut and Voskanapat and help his aged father, Priest Hovhannes.” Father Michael occupied his post until 1905, when he was killed by some Turks.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 5394, p. 10.
“Mshak,” No. 15, 22 January 1906, p. 1.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 443.

1908 — 1910 yy․

Between 1908 and 1910, Grigor Ter-Sargissiants performed priestly duties in Voskanapat and Murut Villages.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 458ä, list 1, file 184, p. 7.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 443.

1924 y․

On 28 August 1924, Voskanapat’s last priest Hovhannes Aghassiants resigned his post.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 409, list 1, file 2658, p. 12.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 443.

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Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Zurnabad

The available statistical data on the number of Voskanapat’s population represent the following picture:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1839	22	90	80	170		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3800, p. 29; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.
1845		153	137	290		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3811, pp. 4-5; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.
1847		149	135	284		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3814, pp. 96-97; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.
1852		153	142	295		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3819, pp. 105-106; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.
1861	34					National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3835, pp. 147-148; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.
1866	38	194	128	322		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3848, p. 57; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.
1870		219	140	359		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3857, pp. 49-50; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.
1873				430		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3864, pp. 39-40; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 440.
1874				490		Caucasian Calendar for 1886, Tiflis, 1885, p. 125; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1885		270	240	510		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3877, p. 29; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1886	114	398	329	727		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 84-85; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1887		277	252	529		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3880, p. 73; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1888		290	260	550		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3882, p. 130; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1889		297	267	564		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3884, pp. 226-227; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1890		314	271	585		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3887, p. 149;Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1891	89	321	275	596		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3889, p. 148; Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 273; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1892		334	294	628		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3891, p. 120; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1893	23	343	294	637	In March 1893, smallpox took away the lives of 15 children (“Ardzagank,” 1893, No. 50, p. 2).	National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3895, pp. 77-78; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1894		349	309	658		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3896, pp. 173-174; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1897		340	313	653		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3899, pp. 146-147; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1898		341	318	659		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3897, p. 169; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1899		347	321	668		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3903, pp. 126-127; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1900		349	321	670		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3905, pp. 91-92; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1901		350	324	674		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3906, pp. 97-98; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1902		360	332	692		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3907, pp. 23-24; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1905		364	340	704		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3912, pp. 266-267; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1906		375	342	717		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3915, p. 24; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1907				965		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 240, p. 2; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1908	99	564	421	985	According to another statistical source, Voskanapat had 827 inhabitants (Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 259).	National Archives of Armenia, fund 35, list 1, file 559, p. 9; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1909		438	385	823		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 18, file 764, p. 117; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1910		596	451	1047		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3917, pp. 57-58; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1912		452	398	850		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3919, pp. 62-63; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1914				1215		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 127; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1917	102			1215		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. 441.
1924	226					National Archives of Armenia, fund 409, list 1, file 2635, pp. 8, 49; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1940				1500		As attested by Kirakos Khachaturian from Voskanapat. Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1979				751		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 4, Baku, 1980, p. 348; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.
1983				570		As attested by Kirakos Khachaturian from Voskanapat. Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 441.