Cemetery :: ARTSAKH HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Cemetery

NKR / Kashatagh / Harar

Location

The cemetery is situated on a slight elevation in the southeastern end of the village.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 175.

Historical Introduction
1989 — 1992 yy․

This site had been literally turned upside down. Part of the area was leveled to build a shed, and only the southern edge of the cemetery was undisturbed. Presently the number of graves doesn’t exceed ten. Three of the gravestones belong to the 19th century.
Several inscriptions of this cemetery copied earlier, by former investigators are now lost.

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 175.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1786 y․

Visiting the site in the beginning of eighties S. Khanzadian saw the following: “I read in the old cemetery":
“THIS IS THE GRAVE OF DAVID, SON OF PAGHTASAR. MADE IN 1786.”

"Sovetakan Hayastan" magazine, 1984, N 6, p. 31 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 175.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1789 y․

Visiting the site in the beginning of eighties S. Khanzadian saw the following: “I read in the old cemetery:
“THIS IS THE GRAVE OF OVANES, SON OF PAN, SON OF MELIK GARDMAYEL, THOSE WHO SPEAK, SAY LORD HAVE MERCY, 1789.”

"Sovetakan Hayastan" magazine, 1984, N 6, p. 31 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 175. Melik Gardmayel was the descendant of the Syunik line of princes.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1840 — 1871 yy․

Visiting the site in the beginning of eighties S. Khanzadian saw the following: “I read in the old cemetery:
Four other graves contained only the datings: 1840, 1846, 1853, and 1871.

"Sovetakan Hayastan" magazine, 1984, N 6, p. 31 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 175.

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1903 y․

Visiting the site in the beginning of eighties S. Khanzadian saw the following: “ A high stone beneath the blackberry bush was inscribed as":
“THIS IS THE REST OF MELIKENTS TANUTER GALUST, 1903”.

"Sovetakan Hayastan" magazine, 1984, N 6, p. 31 (in Arm.).
Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 175.

Type Photo
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative

The cemetery in the western side of the village