ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Inekboghan 1 Monuments

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

Location

The village is situated on the right bank of the river Inekboghan, 16 kilometres east of the district centre, between 1,230 and 1,360 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.

Name Origin

‘Inekboghan’ derives from the literal translation of the village’s historical name of ‘Kovakheghd’ into Turkish: ‘kov’ is the Armenian equivalent for the Turkish word ‘inek,’ and ‘kheghdel’ is that for ‘boghan.’ One of the participants of a meeting convened by Catholicos Anania Mokatsy (946 to 968) in Khachen was “Father Petros, a monk from Kovakheghd.”

The Rebellion of Aghvank by His Holiness Anania Catholicos of Armenians. In: “Ararat,” 1897, p. 134, in Armenian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.

Historical Introduction

The remnants of a great number of ancient buildings preserved throughout the village attest that it enjoyed prosperity in the Middle Ages.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.

1770 y․

Stripped of its Armenian population in the 1770s.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.

19 c․

The derelict village served as a summer encampment for some cattle-breeding tribes for several decades. The present-day Turkish settlement was founded in the late 19th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Kovakheghd

The available data regarding the number of Inekboghan’s population represent the following picture:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	199		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 261; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.
1914	144		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 128; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.
1979	1444		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 4, Baku, 1980, p. 452; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 256.