ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Leshkar Monuments

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

Location

Leshkar is located 2 kilometres south-east of the historical Armenian village of Pokr (Smaller) Gharamurat, 11 kilometres south-west of the district centre, between 1,340 and 1,400 metres of altitude above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.

Historical Introduction
1770 y․

The remnants of some unknown buildings scattered in its centre attest that its site used to be occupied by an Armenian village dating from at least the Middle Ages. With its total devastation in the 1770s, its historical name fell into oblivion.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.

19 c․

At the end of the 19th century, the abandoned village became a place of permanent residence for some stock-breeding Turkish tribes.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.

Population

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	267		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 310; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.
1914	308		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 152; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.