ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Poylu 1 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Poylu (Village)

Location

Poylu represents a Turkish village extending on the right bank of the river Aghstev, within hardly a kilometre of the confluence of the rivers Aghstev and Kur, 10 kilometres north-east of the district centre, at an altitude of 210 to 220 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 310.

Historical Introduction
19 c․

It was established in the site of a derelict ancient Armenian village in the late 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 310.

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

Dates	Turkish Houses	Turks (Male)	Turks (Female)	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1886	149	508	388	896		Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 150-151; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 310.
1908				1133		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 348; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 310.
1914				1236		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 173; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 310.
1983				2527		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 7, Baku, 1983, p. 569; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 310.