ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Lyak 1 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Khanlar (District) / Lyak (Village)

Location

The village lies within 2 kilometres of the left bank of the river Gandzak, 16 kilometres northwest of Gandzak City, within 27 kilometres of the district centre in the same direction, at an altitude of 190 to 200 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 402.

Historical Introduction

Before the 1870s, its site served as a winter encampment for some cattle-breeders who gradually shifted to a sedentary life and founded a settlement there.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 402.

The available statistical data regarding the number of the local population between the 19th and 20th centuries represent the following picture:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1804	30	54	50	104		Collected Acts of the Caucasian Archaeological Commission, vol. 2, Tiflis, 1868, p. 596; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 402.
1886	61	198	155	453		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 86-87; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 402.
1908				340		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 311; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 402.
1914				208		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 153; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 402.
1981				633		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 6, Baku, 1982, p. 211; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 402.