ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Morul Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Shamkhor (City) / Morul (Village)

Location

Originally a village on the left bank of the river Shamkor, at present Morul forms part of the city of Shamkor together with the German colony of Annenfeld lying on the opposite bank of the river.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 520.

Historical Introduction
1864 y․

In 1864 Morul, that did not have a sedentary population yet, served as a winter encampment for a stock-breeding Turkish tribe. V. Meves, who visited it in the summer of the same year, writes, “Before dusk I reached a group of diggings that comprised the village of Morul. They were absolutely akin to the ones already described, with the local inhabitants in the cattle-houses at that time...”

Meves, V. Articles on Yelizavetpol District. In: “Kavkaz,” 1865, No. 43, p. 235 (the original reads, “До заката солнца я дотащился до группы ям, из которых составилась деревня Морул; но как жители все были на кочевках, а все ямы ничем не отличались от прежде описанных...”).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 520.

19 c․

In the late 19th century, the territory of the village belonged to a great number of Turkish landowners.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 93, list 1, file 388, pp. 35-36.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 520.

Population

According to a population census held in 1886, the local community consisted of 282 houses whit 1,792 people, including 1,023 males and 769 females.

Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 84-85.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 520.

In 1914 the village had 1,848 inhabitants.