ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Tap-Gharaghoyunlu Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Kasum-Ismayilov (District) / Tap-Gharaghoyunlu (Village)

Location

The village, adjoining the village of Tap, extends not far from the left bank of the river Inja, 19 kilometres south of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.

Historical Introduction
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In the early 20th century, the site of an ancient, derelict Armenian village provided a new place of dwelling for some Turkish herdsmen who had shifted to a sedentary life.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.

Name Origin

The name early 20th century, the site of an ancient, derelict Armenian village provided a new place of dwelling for some Turkish herdsman who had shifted to a sedentary life.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 325.

The available statistical data on the number of the local population reveal that in 1886 the same members of the nomadic tribe were registered for many times in different places:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	118	315	291	606		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. 326.
1908				980		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 375; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 326.
1914				390		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 186; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 326.
1985				1771		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 9, Baku, 1986, p. 147; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 326.