ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Chanakhchi 3 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Dashkesan (District) / Chanakhchi (Village)

Location

The village is situated on both banks of the river Gandzak, 13 kilometres south-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,370 to 1,470 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 142.

Scriptoria
1617 y․

The earliest of the available records on the village mentions it in 1617 in connection with a manuscript created by David of Shatakh: “In St. Stepanos Church of Hamasrabak Village, which lies in the gorge of Gyanja in Gandzak District.”

Colophons of the Armenian Manuscripts of the 17th century, vol. 1. Compiled by Hakobian, V., Hovhannissian, A. Yerevan, 1974, p. 613.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 142-143.

Historical Introduction
1632 — 1655 yy․

Further reference to the village is found in a bull issued by Catholicos Pilippos (1632 to 1655): “...The churches and priests of Mirzik, Voskanapat, ...Tsentzahal, Getamij and Hamasrabak...” The location of Hamasrabak (“...in the gorge of Gyanja...”) and the sequence of the villages enumerated give us grounds to conclude that present-day Chanakhchi, which abounds in medieval monuments, is identical to the historical village of Hamasrabak.

Barkhutariants, M., Artsakh, Baku, 1895, p. 48.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 143.

Population
1890 y․

By the early 1890s, Hamasrabak had already been re-inhabited by the Turks: “...the Turkish villages of Tzakarashen, Koshka, Tsentzahal, Hamasrabak and Mertsna...”

Barkhutariants, M., Artsakh, Baku, 1895, p. 48.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 143.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Hamasrabak

Population:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	240		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 410. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 143.
1914	405		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 204. In: Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 143.