Yanshagh Village Site :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Yanshagh Village Site

NKR / Karvajar / Yanshagh

Location

5-km southwest of Hanshagh there are the ruins of the village Meydan, situated on the stream of identical name.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 36.

Historical Introduction
1763 y․

This village was also mentioned in the cadastre of monastery estates of 1763.

"Jambr" Assembled and Rendered by Simeon Catholicos Yerevantsi, Vagharshapat, 1873, p. 283; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 36.

Description

It is located 4 km away of the Omar mountain pass. The Armenian Liberation Army fighters Manuel Ghazarian and his friends discovered two khachkars here. One of them had fallen, the other - adorned with large crosses in the centre and smaller crosses by both sides, was still standing. The shields on the crosses were ornamented with stylized symbols of everlasting light. The upper part of the standing khachkar was broken.”

"Yerkir" daily, N 107 (701), June 8, 1994, p. 6 (we haven't yet visited this site); Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 36.