ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Tsentzahal 3 Monuments

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

Location

The village is situated on the south-facing slope of a gorge lying on the left bank of the river Gandzak, 14 kilometres south-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,400 to 1,480 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 216.

Historical Introduction

It is first mentioned in one of Catholicos Pilippos’ bulls among a number of other Armenian-inhabited villages.

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 48.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 216.

Population
18 c․

The village was stripped of its Armenian population in the second half of the 18th century. Its site served as an encampment for some Turkish stock-breeders in the late 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 216.

In 1914 Tsentzahal had 655 inhabitants.

Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p 131.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 216.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Zinzaghal