ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Krzen 67 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Touz (District) / Krzen (Village)

Location

Krzen is situated not far from the confluence of the rivers Kur and Tavush, within a kilometre of the former, 16 kilometres north-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 170 to 185 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 532.

Historical Introduction

In the course of time, the village changed its location for several times, the sites preserved in its neighbourhood being the living proof of this. Originally, Krzen lay on the right bank of the river Kur, i.e. a kilometre east of its present-day position.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 532.

1883 y․

Until 1883, it was situated “… in a damp area exactly by the riverside…”, but later its inhabitants founded a new village “in an elevated locality within four versts of the former one.”

“Nor-Dar,” 1886, No. 119, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 532.

20 c․

The new village of Krzen was established after the tragic events of 1905 to 1906, in the early 20th century. It was surrounded by numerous Turkish settlements, being “…the only Armenian village in the plain.”

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, copy-book No. 1, VI-11, p. 11.
“Ardzagank,” 1893, No. 44, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 532.

1998 y․

In 1998 the ancient Armenian village of Krzen, then populated by Turks, was renamed Gyunashli.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 532.

Population

It is commonly presumed that in the remote past, Krzen had over 700 houses inhabited by resettlers from Ani City of Shirak District, Ayrarat Province, Metz Hayk: “According to the villagers, their forefathers came there from Ani. At first they comprised 700 houses, but in the course of time, some of them proved unable to bear the local climate, as a result of which their number was gradually reduced to 18 families…”

This information is confirmed by different records some of which are presented below, “Formerly the village had 700 Armenian houses, whose number has dropped to 30 at present…” (“Nor-Dar,” 1886, No. 119, p. 2). “Krzen used to comprise 700 families, but today only 30 of them live there. The reason for this is the intolerable summer heat, due to which the annual death rate in the village exceeds the birth rate” (Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 59). “During my visit, the village, once having a population of 700 houses, comprised merely 30 ones, surrounded by 30,000 Turks. According to the locals, who live isolated from the other Armenian villages, their coexistence with their Turkish neighbours became impossible after the Russians had taken possession of these territories and banned the use of arms among common people. Most of the desperate inhabitants of Krzen scattered in all directions, in the aftermath of which, the number of its population plummeted down. However, it is not only the pressure exerted by the Turks that made the Armenians forsake their homes. One of the chief reasons for that was the unhealthy air, the existence of poisonous mosquitoes and the intolerable climate, typical of the areas on the bank of the Kur, where the dreadful heat was unbearable even in the forests…” (S. Kamalian Fund, list 2, part 6, file 62, pp. 11-12; “Mshak,” 1879, No. 35, p. 2).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 532-533.

According to another viewpoint, Krzen inhabitants’ ancestors moved there from Goghtan, a district that shifted back and forth between Syunik and Vaspurakan Provinces of Metz Hayk: “There exists a close similarity between the dialects of Krzen and Agulis, which comes to suggest that the former inhabitants of the village resettled there from Goghtan District in Shah Abbas’ times.” This presumption is also shared by another source: “…the local people, who are resettlers from Agulis, do not speak the district’s vernacular; moreover, their women wear Turkish national costumes…”

“Nor-Dar,” 1886, No. 119, p. 2.
“Ardzagank,” 1893, No. 44, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 533.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

The continual Lezghin invasions of the 19th century reduced the rich and prosperous village to a poor settlement with a small number of population. During a church festival held between 1797 and 1871, it was unexpectedly attacked by a gang led by a certain Bulghadar. That raid took a heavy toll on Krzen: the general massacre and plunder were accompanied by the capture and displacement of its inhabitants. Most of the deportees either scattered in different places in Armenia and Georgia, or settled down in the territory of Gandzak, where they founded Sarov (Gandzak District) and Khandak (Aresh District) Villages.

Karbelashvili, D. P. Krzen and Its Inhabitants. In: “Proceedings of the Azerbaijani Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR,” 1937, No. 2, p. 42.
“Nor-Dar,” 1886, No. 119, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 533.

Dialects
1840 y․

In the 1840s, Gh. Alishan73 suggested that Krzen Armenians were the descendants of the Udi people and spoke the Udi language, although they adhered to the Armenian church and also spoke Armenian. This viewpoint was later shared by Al. Yeritsian, M. Barkhutariants and Kajberuny.

Alishan, Gh. Political Georgraphy. Venice, 1853.
Yeritsov, A. D. The Economic Life of State Peasantry in Ghazakh District of Yelizavetpol Province. Tiflis, 1886, p. 44, in Russian.
Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 59.
Kajberuny. The Destruction of Krzen Village. In: “Ararat,” 1911, p. 954 (see the author’s series of articles consisting of four parts in: “Ararat,” October, November & December 1911, and January 1912).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 533.

19 c․

The Armenian press of the late 19th century issued numerous publications on the strange dialect of the village’s inhabitants, pointing out its resemblance to the Agulis vernacular.

“Nor-Dar,” 1886, No. 119, p. 2.
“Ardzagank,” 1893, No. 44, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 533.

As attested by some other sources, Krzen Armenians’ main language was Turkish: “Even their everyday communication is in Turkish so that the Armenian language will soon fall into oblivion there…”

“Mshak,” 1879, No. 35, p. 2. According to another statistical source, the village had 27 houses with 160 inhabitants, including 90 males and 70 females (Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 144-145).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 533.

Sargis Kamalian is another researcher to have touched upon the question of Krzen Armenians’ vernacular. He thought that they were purely Armenian-speaking: “Now let me dwell upon the dialect of Krzen inhabitants. The epitaphs in both the old and new cemeteries of the village are Armenian-lettered. Those alive speak that language in their own particular manner: their pronunciation is rather rough, but it excludes anything reminding of the Udi language. Krzen Armenians speak very fast so that their speech is almost impossible to understand for a person unaccustomed to it. While talking to them you get the same impression the dialects of Agulis, Zeytun, or Sasun Armenians make on you. Despite this, however, all of these vernaculars represent the Armenian language, do they not? I do not know if the ancestors of the present-day generation spoke the Udi language some hundreds of years ago, but the contemporary villagers’ speech absolutely does not admit of that. Now I shall adduce some examples from Krzen dialect and the Udi language to show their discrepancies, but before doing so, I would like to apologize for the mistakes I will possibly make while pronouncing words in the Udi language: it is 36 years since I worked as a teacher in the township of Nizh.”

Yeghishe Charents Art and Literature Museum. Sargis Kamalian Fund, list 2, part VI, file 62, pp. 13-14. The continuation of the Armenian original of the quotation contains the aforementioned examples, which show the evident differences between both vernaculars (see the Armenian original of the present work, p. 287).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 533.

After some research conducted in Krzen, D. Karbelashvili and V. Ghukasov arrived at the conclusion (in May 1934) that the local dialect actually bore no resemblance to the Udi language. Rather, it represented a peculiar combination of Turkish with the vernaculars of Khoy, Karabakh and Agulis.

Karbelashvili, D. P. Krzen and Its Inhabitants. In: “Proceedings of the Azerbaijani Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR,” 1937, No. 2, p. 42.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 533.

1958 y․

As hypothesized by linguist R. Baghramian in 1958, contemporary Krzen vernacular has been preserved in a stage of development that was typical of the “Լ” and “Ս” branches of Armenian dialects during the period they became independent of their mother dialect. This may be explained by the fact that it was separated from its sister dialects, being further used in another locality.”

Baghramian, R. About the Studies of Krzen Dialect. In: “Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR,” 1958, No. 6, p. 75, in Armenian.
Also see idem, The Dialect of Krzen. Yerevan, 1961, in Armenian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 533.

Population

The earliest reliable statistical data on the number of Krzen’s population trace back to 1840. They reveal that it plummeted down in the aftermath of the Armeno-Turkish fights and the grave financial predicament following them.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.

1862 y․

Below follows a “list of the parishioners living in Krzen Village of Ghazakh District in 1862: Abraham Sarukhaniants, Aslan Polatian Levoniants, Movses Grigorian Sahakiants, Margar Ghazarian Sahakiants, Machan Antonian, Gevorg Abaziants, David Harutiunian Hovhannissiants, Margar Hovhannissiants, Stepan Gevorgian Aghaniants, Vanakan Aghaniants, Khachatur Harutiunian Tarkhaniants, Sargis Movsissian Tarkhaniants, Sahak Harutiunian Akoniants, Harutiun Abaziants, Ghazar Babian Melikiants, Alexan Mayilian Melikiants, Alexan Ayubiants, Hovhannes Mkrtchian, Ayvaz Hakobian Sahakiants, Hovhannes Vardanian, Priest Hovakim Rumbariants from Tovuz Village of Ghazakh District.”

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3841, p. 193.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.

1960 — 1961 yy․

Despite the continual changes in the number of its population, Krzen remained purely Armenian-inhabited until the 1960s. It was during that period that the Azerbaijanization of the village began: thus, in 1961 30 Azerbaijani families lived there side by side with the Armenians.

Karapetian, S. Abandoned Armenian Settlements in Azerbaijan. In: “Hayreniki Dzayn,” No. 2, 19 January 1993.
Baghramian, R. The Dialect of Krzen. Yerevan, 1961, p. 5, in Armenian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.

1988 y․

By the forced deportation of 1988, the number of the Azerbaijanis had doubled, amounting to 60 houses.

Karapetian, S. Abandoned Armenian Settlements in Azerbaijan. In: “Hayreniki Dzayn,” No. 2, 19 January 1993.
Melian, B. The Village of Krzen. In: “Aygabats,” 1991, No. 47, p. 4.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.

In the days of the aforementioned displacement, part of Krzen inhabitants moved to Shamshadin, Ararat (a family in each of Lusarat and Pokr Vedi Villages) and Masis (40 to 45 families in Sis) Districts of the Republic of Armenia. Some of them left for Russia and took up residence in Sochi-Adler (10 to 15 families), Moscow (4 families), Saratov (8 to 9 families), Sverdlovsk (3 families), Omsk (about 10 families) and other large cities.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.

Occupation

Throughout many centuries, not only did Krzen Armenians secure their existence in their land but they also carved out financial prosperity and welfare. Occupied with viticulture, silkworm breeding and silk weaving from time immemorial, they exported their products to different countries. By the 17th century, the village of Krzen had already grown into a famous commercial centre, the epitaphs of the local cemetery being the eloquent proof of this: “The remains of some merchants from Tabriz, Aleppo, Karin and other cities are interred here.”

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 59.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 535.

Krzen inhabitants were distinguished for their bravery, which is attested by the following record, “The villagers, who are famous for their valour throughout the villages of Turkish Tarakamas, spend days and nights walking in their territories, with arms in their hands… The local women are by no means inferior to the men in their heroism. They often take part in their husbands’ fights against the tribe of Tarakamas when its members come to steal fruits as well as sheep, horses and other domestic animals from the Armenians.”

“Nor-Dar,” 1886, No. 119, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 535.

Armenian-Turkish Fights of 1905 to 1906

Krzen, that actually represented a small, isolated village, proved unable to repel the Turkish attacks at the decisive moments of the grave calamity that had befallen it. Some contemporaries confirm that in the ‘90s of the 19th century, the local population enjoyed financial prosperity, which “…stirred up their Turkish neighbours’ … and, particularly, Bozal Ghanlu inhabitants’ envy. Soon the turmoil reigning in Gandzak and the siege of the adjacent railway station by the Turkish mob gave the latter a golden opportunity to appease their greediness.”

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Krzen Village. In: “Ararat,” October, November & December 1911, p. 955.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 535.

1905 y․

Two days after the siege (18 November 1905) of the Zakam-Aghstafa Section of Gandzak-Tiflis Railroad, a 50-member armed detachment appeared in the territory of Krzen, where they killed a shepherd and stole 500 head of cattle. Panic and tumult permeated through the entire village, which was subjected to another act of aggression the following day: a new group of Turks robbed the village of its horses and property, also threatening its inhabitants with slaughter and the destruction of their houses. Devoid of any means of self-defence, the local people were forced to escape to the neighbouring village of Mansurlu on 23 November. The Armenians having always been on friendly terms with its Turkish population, the latter showed them kind hospitality. Soon, however, a vast multitude of armed Turks came and required that the Armenians be returned to their native village. The residents of Mansurlu had to meet their compatriots’ demand for fear of a conflict. The Armenians who were compelled to go back to Krzen stayed there for a single night: “…on 27 November Krzen represented an unspeakably dreadful scene: the village was flooded by people of every age and sex, coming from Bozghanlu, Karakhanlu, Jelovdarlu, Samadbaylu and other adjacent villages… Wandering in the village without any difficulty, that crowd entered any house they liked and took whatever they desired to, laughing at the Armenians …who stood nearby, bearing all that humiliation in silence.” Later the Armenians of Krzen were divided in two groups and driven away to different Turkish villages, where they stayed until 28 December: 120 people found themselves in Bozalghanlu and 108 in Karakhanlu, their displacement being followed by the plunder of Krzen. Throughout 18 days, the “…Turkish caravans kept carrying oil, cheese, house property, thousands of agricultural tools together with a vast amount of wheat, barley, grass and hay, loaded onto hundreds of carts, as well as some wooden and stone parts of dwellings, etc. to their villages. Thus, within several days, the prosperous, rich village was reduced to a devastated, uninhabited area where only the heaps of ruins and neglected gardens reminded of the buildings once standing there.” Only a single house remained intact in the village, for famous bandit Tanghriverdi’s son had settled there.

Kajberuny. The Destruction of Krzen Village. In: “Ararat,” October, November & December 1911, pp. 956, 958-959.
“Mshak,” 1906, No. 45, p. 2. According to A-Do, the number of the stolen animals amounted to 300 (see his work entitled The Armeno-Turkish Fights in Caucasia. Yerevan, 1907, p. 363).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 535-536.

1906 y․

In 1906 120 captive Armenians from Krzen, who had been set free through the aid of a Russian detachment in late December, were sent to Tiflis. In February another 24 people were released and taken there, all the deportees settling down in the Armenian quarter of Havlabar. With the active participation of Tiflis Armenians and their leader, Archbishop Garegin Satunian, a Relief Committee was established to render aid to the refugees.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 536.

1906 y․

General-Major Levitsky, who arrived in Ghazakh District with a special detachment on 24 January 1906, assured the Armenians that the turmoil had come to an end. In March and April, part of Krzen inhabitants left Tiflis for the railway station of Touz, their destination being the villages of Shamshadin. On a Government order on 24 April, the representatives of both peoples set up a commission which was to calculate the extent of the damage Krzen had suffered. The Turks suggested that the work should be conducted on the spot so that the Armenians who had agreed to it were obliged to spend the night in Mansurlu. The following day (25 April), 8 out of the 23 Armenian members of the aforementioned commission were taken to Bozalghanlu under the plea of continuing the work there. On their way to that village, however, 4 of them were killed, while those surviving returned to Touz Station together with the rest of their compatriots. Some time later, most of Krzen inhabitants settled down in a plain a little far from their former place of residence, between 2 and 3 kilometres south of the right bank of the river Kur, where they founded the village of Nor (New) Krzen. Some of them, however, stayed in Tiflis and different villages of Shamshadin.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3764, p. 206.
Kajberuny. The Destruction of Krzen Village. In: “Ayrarat,” 1912, pp. 60-61.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 536.

Historical Introduction
1912 y․

The inhabitants of the newly-established village could hardly eke out a bare existence; some of them even died of starvation. In order to somehow alleviate their situation, the session of the Council of the Armenian Charity of Caucasia, convened on 18 February 1912, decided to buy a 100 poods of wheat and deliver it to them. Accordingly, each of the 200 residents of the village, comprising 30 houses, would be given half a pood, which was not sufficient at all. On 19 February, the leader of Georgia’s Armenian Diocese sent a new portion of wheat, costing 75,253 rubles 64 kopecks, to the famine-stricken Armenians.

“Horizon,” 1912, No. 36, p. 3; No. 38, p. 3.
“Ararat,” 1912, p. 197.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 536.

Monuments

There existing no available bibliographical records on Krzen, the epitaphs preserved in the aforementioned grave-yard are of great value and significance from the standpoint of conducting thorough investigation into the history of the village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 537.

The territory of Krzen retains the remnants of a grave-yard as well as the remains of a village site and an annihilated church.

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 59.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 545.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Krzen
Gyunashli

The available statistical data on the number of the local inhabitants represent the following picture:

Dates	Armenian Houses	Armenians (Male)	Armenians (Female)	Total (Armenians)	Notes	Source
1804	25	57	55	112		Collected Acts of the Caucasian Archaeological Commission, vol. 2, Tiflis, 1868, p. 597; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1840	31	78	76	154		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3800, p. 7; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1841		95	100	195		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3802, pp. 57-58; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1842		162	174	336		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3805, pp. 84-85; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1844		198	179	377		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3809, pp. 73-74; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1849		86	90	176		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3818, pp. 75-76; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1853		37	26	63		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 2743, pp. 102-103; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1857		65	68	133		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3830, p. 292; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1862	20					National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3841, p. 193; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1866	22					National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3848, p. 86; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1879	18	67	76	143		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3870, p. 90. Also see “Mshak,” 1879, No. 35, p. 2; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1882		115	70	185		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3874, pp. 129-130; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1883		117	76	193		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3875, p. 3; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1885		127	79	206		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3877, p. 8; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1886		131	85	216		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3879, p. 127; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1887		137	88	225		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3880, p. 31; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1888		140	90	230		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3882, p. 136; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1889		143	90	233		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3884, p. 12; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1890		143	88	231	Another statistical source reports that in the same year, the village had 30 houses with 170 inhabitants, including 90 males and 80 females (Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 59).	National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3887, p. 155; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1891		144	94	238		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3889, p. 154; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1892		142	87	226		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3891, p. 126; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1893		144	89	233		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3895, pp. 13-14; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1894		144	94	238		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3896, pp. 179-180; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1897		98	93	191		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3899, pp. 152-153; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1898		124	111	235		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3897, p. 174; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1899		228	114	342		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3903, p. 22; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1900		226	113	339		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3905, p. 14; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1901		266	114	380		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, lists 1-2, 205, pp. 145-146; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1902		265	114	379		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, lists 1-2, file 3907, pp. 28-29; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1908	30	138	110	248		National Archives of Armenia, fund 35, list 1, file 559, p. 61. Also see Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 289; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1914				111		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 142; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1934	35	78	75	153		Karbelashvili, D. P. Krzen and Its Inhabitants. In: “Proceedings of the Azerbaijani Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR,” 1937, No. 2, p. 41; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1961	50					Baghramian, R. The Dialect of Krzen. Yerevan, 1961, p. 5, in Armenian. Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.
1988	60					Karapetian, S. Abandoned Armenian Settlements in Azerbaijan. In: “Hayreniki Dzayn,” No. 2, 19 January 1993; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 534.