ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Leninkend Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Leninkend (Village)

Location

The village is situated on the right bank of the river Shamkor, 10 kilometres southeast of the district centre, at an altitude of 410 to 430 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

Historical Introduction
1887 y․

It was founded in 1887: in 1912 the 25th anniversary of its establishment was celebrated with great solemnity.

“Taraz,” 1912, No. 11, p. 192.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

1942 y․

Leninfeld was renamed Leninkend in 1942.

The Azerbaijanian SSR: Administrative-Territorial Division. Baku, 1979, p. 211.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

1962 y․

The village was granted the status of township in 1962.

Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 6, Baku, 1982, p. 194.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

Construction Activity
1912 y․

In 1912 a visitor wrote the following in connection with the 25th anniversary of the foundation of Leninkend, “...its houses with their roofs, yards and even verandas give it the appearence of a purely German village. In many of them you can even see an accordion, the carpets, a necessary part of furnishing, being the only reminder that you are in an Asian village. ...The colonists are members of the Lutheran church: they have their own church statutes, and divine service is held in accordance with the ritual they have brought with them from their homeland...”

“Taraz,” 1912, No. 11, p. 192.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

Population
1941 y․

A colony established by some German immigrants, Leninfeld represented a German settlement until 1941. After its founders had been banished, it was re-populated by some Azerbaijanians from different parts of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

After the deportation of several Armenian families inhabiting Leninkend until 1988, the former German colony turned into a purely Turkish village.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

Monuments
1899 y․

In 1899 E. Resler unearthed and excavated 9 tombs in the area, the archaeological finds dating from the period between the Bronze and Iron Ages.

Resler, E. Archaeological Research in Transcaucasia. In: “Kavkaz,” Tiflis, 1903, Nos. 179 173, 179, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Georgievsk
Georgsfeld
Leninfeld

Below follow the available statistical data regarding the number of the local population:

Dates	Total (Germans)	Notes	Source
1908	757		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 223; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.
1912	750		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 223; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.
1914	151		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 109; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 505.