ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Osgyan Monuments

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

Location

The village is situated on the left bank of the river Zakam, 31 kilometres south of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,010 to 1,040 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.

Historical Introduction

The historical name of this once Armenian-inhabited village has survived in a slightly distorted form.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.

In the Soviet years, some Turkish stock-breeders settled down in its site.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 546.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Voskyan