Russian Barracks :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Russian Barracks 1855 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Khanlar / Voskanapat

Historical Introduction
1855 y․

In 1855 “...a Cossacks’ sotnia and an artillery detachment of three battalions from Mingrelian Regiment were stationed in Zurnabad, near Yelisavetpol, under the command of Major General Chaplits. They were to keep control over the Muslim-inhabited regions...”

Muravyeva, N. N. The Transcaucasian War of 1855, vol. 1, part 1. St. Petersburg, 1877, p. 26 (the Russian original reads, “...Для наблюдения за мусульманскими провинциями, поставлен был в Зурнабаде, что близ Елисаветполя, под командою ген. майора Чаплица отряд, состоявший из трех баталионов Мингрельскаго полка с артилерия и сотнея казаков...”).
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 439.

1880 y․

In the 1880s, it was planned to change the barracks into a hospital in case the troops pulled back: “The large Russian barracks of Zurnabat are located on the left bank of the river Gandzak, in the area between Murut and Voskanapat. Chief Doctor Remert intends to turn them into a mental asylum for all Caucasia once the troops withdraw from the place.”