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Sabat-Kechmaz Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Sabat-Kechmaz (Village)

Location

The village extends on the southeast-facing slope of a gorge lying between 1,380 and 1,460 metres of altitude above sea level, 2 kilometres northwest of Parisos Castle and 10 kilometres south-west of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, pp. 285-286.

Historical Introduction
18 c․

Stripped of its Armenian population in the 18th century.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 286.

19 c․

In the late 19th century, it was inhabited by some cattle-breeders who had been using its territory as a summer encampment for already several decades.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 286.

Description
1890 y․

In the 1890s, the remains of a church and cemetery were preserved in the territory of the village.

Barkhutariants, M. Artsakh. Baku, 1895, p. 308.
Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 286.

The available data regarding the number of the local population represent the following picture:

Dates	Total (Turks)	Notes	Source
1908	130		Caucasian Calendar for 1910, Tiflis, 1909, p. 354; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 286.
1914	280		Caucasian Calendar for 1915, Tiflis, 1914, p. 176; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 286.
1983	547		Soviet Azerbaijanian Encyclopedia, vol. 8, Baku, 1985, p. 368; Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 286.