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Zakatala 6 Monuments

(Country) / Zakatala (District)

Location

It is located in the area between the watershed of the Great Caucasus and the river Kur, in the north of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Its bordering neighbours are the Autonomous Republic of Daghestan, Russian Federation, Dedoplis-Tzgharo District, Republic of Georgia as well as Belokan and Kakh Districts, Republic of Azerbaijan.

Samvel Karapetian, Kakhet Armenians, Yerevan, 2004, p. 194. The original in Armenian.

Historical Introduction
1886 y․

Geographical Environment
1930 y․

Population

17 c․

17 — 18 cc․

17 c․

The large number of the villages and village sites maintained in the district as well as the local semi-ruined and annihilated monasteries and churches testify that in the period between the Middle Ages and the early 17th century, it was densely-populated by Christians, mostly Georgians.

Samvel Karapetian, Kakhet Armenians, Yerevan, 2004, p. 194. The original in Armenian.

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