ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Norashen 1804 y․ 7 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Gandzak (District) / Gandzak (District Centre) / Norashen (Quarter)

Location

Norashen extended on the left bank of the river Gandzak, north-west of the famous square located in the city’s Turkish section.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 33.

Description

In 1858 Russian traveller G. Tkachev described Gandzak and its quarters in the following way, “... The river Gandzak divides it in two parts, Kilisakend and Norashen, the former being mainly inhabited by the Armenians, and the latter by the Tartars...."

Tkachev, G. Travel Notes. In: “Kavkaz,” 1859, No. 9, p. 41, in Russian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 32.

1890 y․

As stated by a record of 1890, “Norashen, bearing a resemblance to a separate village rather than a quarter, is completely isolated from the city, being surrounded by Turks on all four sides.”

“Nor-Dar,” 1890, No. 116, p. 2.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 33.

Armenian-Turkish Fights of 1905 to 1906
1905 — 1906 yy․

In the aftermath of the Armeno-Turkish fights between 1905 and 1906, “... 600 houses in Norashen Quarter were levelled with the ground. The local parishioners who had been relegated to refugees scattered here and there, most of them resettling in the Armenian quarter of Kiliskand...”

National Archives of Armenia, fund 409, list 1, file 2679, p. 8; fund 53, list 1, file 1270, p. 17.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 33-34.

Description

Norashen had two Armenian churches, Sourb Astvatzatzin and St. Sargis, the latter also serving as a pilgrimage destination.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 34.

Priests
1894 y․

In 1894 Senior Priest Anania Shirakuny served in the quarter.

National Archives of Armenia, fund 409, list 1, file 2679, p. 8; fund 53, list 1, file 1270, p. 17.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 34.

Population:

Dates	Houses	Notes	Source
1804	74		Collected Acts of the Caucasian Archaeological Commission, vol. 2, Tiflis, 1868, p. 596; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 35.
1861	99		National Archives of Armenia, fund 56, list 1, file 4254, p. 68; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 35.
1866	124		National Archives of Armenia, fund 53, list 1, file 3848, p. 57; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 35.
1889	150		National Archives of Armenia, fund 35, list 1, file 13, p. 78; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 35.