Havsatagh :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

6 Monuments

NKR (Country) / Karvajar (District) / Havsatagh (Village)

Historical Introduction

It is situated on the right bank of Dutkhu, in a fertile valley, and the later population simply calqued its name to Almalu (‘khndzor’ means ‘apple’).

Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 67.

1653 — 1654 yy․

This village was mentioned for the first time in 1653-54, in the manuscript Gospel of the scribe Martiros Khndzorektsi.

The List of Manuscripts, Vol. A, Yerevan, 1965, N 3647; Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 67.

Population

Historical Introduction

In conformity with the cadastre of 1763 Khndzorek was one of the estates belonging to Dadi Vank monastery.

"Jambr" Assembled and Rendered by Simeon Catholicos Yerevantsi, Vagharshapat, 1873, p. 283. Years ago a hunter from Vaghuhas told that there are Armenian churches preserved in the thick forest between the villages Almalu and Ghushyuvasi. However our searches to dis cover them did not yield results. Samvel Karapetian, Armenian Cultural Monuments in the Region of Karabakh, Yerevan, 2001, p. 67.

Author Samvel Karapetian
Date 2015 y․

Author Самвел Карапетян
Date 2015 y․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Khndzorut
Almalu
Khndzorek