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Vaghazin Village Site

NKR / Kashatagh / Seydlyar

Description

In the Soviet years, the Turkish-speaking Kurds "diligently" destroyed all the Armenian churches and cemeteries, using their stones in the construction of their cattle-houses and dwellings.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, pp. 168-169.

Historical Introduction
1246 y․

As regards the historical name of the present day Vaghazin village: the latter was recorded in the building inscription of the Gtich monastery, dating back to 1246, as: “...Vakunis Vaghaznageto...” Vaghaznaget is the stream, which flows along the southern edge of the village. It is the left-hand tributary to the Hakari River. Thus the historical name of the present day Vaghazin was Vakunis upon Vaghazin.

"Corpus", Issue 5, compiled by S. Barkhudarian, Yerevan, 1982, p. 183.
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 169.

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Vakunis