ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Gyargyar 2 Monuments

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

Location

The village lies at the confluence of the rivers Shakarbek and Gharamurat, 7 kilometres west of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,470 to 1,560 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 255.

Historical Introduction
1656 y․

Its historical name is preserved in the colophon of a Mashtots copied by Priest Avetis in Serserut Village of Shamkhor District in 1656 (“Senior Priest of Karkar Village Hakob...”.)

Colophons of the Armenian Manuscripts of the 17th century, vol. 3. Compiled by Hakobian, V. Yerevan, 1984, p. 741.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 255.

Population
18 c․

Stripped of its Armenian population in the second half of the 18th century, the derelict village served as a summer encampment for some stock-breeding tribes for about a century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 255.

19 c․

Later they shifted to a sedentary mode of life and took up a permanent residence there between the ‘70s and ‘80s of the 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 255.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Karkar

Population:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	355		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 224; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 255.
1914	378		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 109; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 255.