Martuny :: ARMENIAN LOCATIONS

1926 y․ 4 Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Shamkhor (District) / Martuny (Village)

Location

The village, whose historical name has sunk into oblivion, extends 20 kilometres south-west of the district centre, at an altitude of 1,490 to 1,560 metres above sea level.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.

Historical Introduction

Undoubtedly, it was stripped of its Armenian inhabitants in the 1770s. About half a century after the total devastation of the village, some Russian Dukhobors settled down in its site and founded the settlement of Novo-Troitskoye there. In the late 1880s, however, the Russian residents, comprising 22 houses, left the village for the newly-established Kars Marz.

Abelov, N. A. A Study of the Economic Conditions of State Peasantry in Yelizavetpol District of Yelizavetpol Province. A reprint from Materials for the Study of the Economic Conditions of State Peasantry in Transcaucasia, vol. 7, Tiflis, 1887, p. 21.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.

1899 y․

In August 1899 on the initiative of Caucasian Vice-roy Golitsin, 36 families of Orthodox Russians from Chernigov Region resettled in Novo-Troitskoye and renamed it Golitsino in honour of the aforementioned high-ranking official.

Jasha, Il. The Russian Village in Yelizavetpol Province. In: “Kavkaz,” 1900, No. 285, p. 3, in Russian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.

The only settlement of Orthodox Russians throughout Yelizavetpol Province, Golitsino enjoyed great support on the part of the Tsarist Government. Each of the local families was allocated 3 dessiatinas of garden-plot and 35 dessiatinas of arable land, the poor ones also receiving a one-time living allowance of a 100 rubles.

Jasha, Il. The Russian Village in Yelizavetpol Province. In: “Kavkaz,” 1900, No. 285, p. 3, in Russian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.

1918 y․

The Orthodox Russians abandoned Golitsino in 1918 and resettled in North Caucasia.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 507.

20 c․

In the first years of the Soviet rule, some Armenians from Ghazakhashen (Ghazakh-Getabek), Pib, Barsum, Barum, Jagir and Chardakhlu took up residence in the village and renamed it first Ghazakhashen and later (in 1926) Martuny in memory of Alexandre Miasnikian. During that period, it was within the jurisdiction of the Village Councils of Jagir and Spitakashen.

Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories, vol. 3, Yerevan, 1991, p. 742.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 507.

Population
1985 y․

During our visit to Martuny in 1985, it had 312 Armenian inhabitants and a shcool attended by a small number of pupils.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 507.

1988 y․

The local Armenians were obliged to leave their houses during the deportation of 1988. They found refuge in the sub-district of Karmir in Gegharkunik Marz of the Republic of Armenia.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 507.

Type Photo
View General
Direction From the south
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Type Photo
View Partial view
Author Samvel Karapetyan
Source Black-and-white negative
Date 1980 — 1982 yy․

Name	Year/Century	Etymology
Novo-Trutskoye
Golitsino
Ghazakhashen

The available statistical data regarding the local population between the late 19th and early 20th centuries represent the following picture:

Dates	Russian Houses	Russians (Male)	Russians (Female)	Total (Russians)	Notes	Source
1886	36	101	113	214	Including an Armenian house with 3 inhabitants.	Yelizavetpol Province: A Statistical Survey Based on the Family Lists of Caucasia's Population. Tiflis, 1888, pp. 86-87; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.
1894	40					“Ardzagank,” 1894, No. 104, p. 2; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.
1901				416		Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories, vol. 3, Yerevan, 1991, p. 742; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.
1907				216		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 227; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 506.
1908				286		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 336; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 507.
1914				743		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 166; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 507.