ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Kyollu 1 Monuments

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

Location

The village extends on the east-facing slope of a gorge lying on the left bank of the river Gandzak, 15 kilometres south-east of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 203.

Historical Introduction
1667 y․

Most presumably, present-day Kyollu is identical to the village of Gullar, where Priests Sargis and Grigor respectively copied and illustrated a manuscript Gospel for a certain Tarchi in 1667.

A Catalogue of Armenian Manuscripts of the Matenadaran after Mashtots, vol. 2, Yerevan, 1970, manuscript No. 6771, p. 390.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 203.

Population
19 c․

In the late 19th century, the site of the village, which had been lying derelict since the 1770s, provided an encampment for a small number of Turkish stock-breeders. In 1914 the local population amounted to 95.

Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 139.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 203.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Gullar	1667 y․