ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Dagh-Kyasaman 1 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Dagh-Kyasaman (Village)

Location

Dagh-Kyasaman extends within a kilometre of the right bank of the river Aghstev, east of Ghazakh City, at an altitude of 360 to 400 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 297.

Historical Introduction

Before the foundation of Ghazakh City (1880), it was the administrative centre of the district.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 297.

It used to be a densely-populated village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 297.

The available statistical sources report only some scanty data on the number of its population:

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	219	840	588	1428		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 146-147; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 297.
1908				2150		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 234; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 297.
1914				2850		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 115; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 297.
1977				5245		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 3, Baku, 1979, p. 298; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 297: