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Aghstafa Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Ghazakh (District) / Aghstafa (City)

Location

The village, located 8 kilometres northeast of the district centre, at an altitude of 325 to 340 metres above sea level, was established in the site of a station of the same name belonging to Tbilisi-Baku Railway.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 296.

Historical Introduction
1909 y․

In 1909 some Russian resettlers who were mainly Baptists and adherents of the sect of New Israel carried on its construction in the vicinity of Aghstafa Station.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 296.

Population

Until 1909, the newly-founded settlement had 50 houses with 150 inhabitants, more than half of whom were Turks (they amounted to 84 in 1908).

“Tifliski Listok,” 1909, No. 271, p. 2.
Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 176.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 296.

Historical Introduction

In 1934 the village turned into a township and preserved that status until 16 March 1941, when it grew into a town.

The Azerbaijanian SSR: Administrative-Territorial Division. Baku, 1979, p. 9, in Russian.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 296.

Population
1976 y․

In 1976 Aghstafa had a population of 9,000.