ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

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

Location

This Turkish village extends 14 kilometres southeast of the district centre.

Foundation
19 c․

It was established in the late 19th century by some cattle-breeding tribes which had already changed to a sedentary life.

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	101	433	289	722		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. 309.
1908				785		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 297; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.
1914				1032		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 146; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 309.