ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Argdam Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Argdam (Village)

Location

This village, dating from the late 19th century, extends on the east-facing slope of a gorge lying 3 kilometres north of the district centre, between 1,450 and 1,580 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 221.

Historical Introduction

It was established in the site of a deserted Armenian village (its historical name is consigned to oblivion) which had been stripped of its Armenian residents in the 1770s, becoming a summer encampment for some stock-breeding Turkish tribes.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 221.

Population

In 1914 Areghdam had 513 inhabitants, whose number had grown to 1,780 by 1976.

Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 91.
Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 1, Baku, 1976, p. 392.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 221.