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Kilsyali Monuments

Azerbaijan (Country) / Northern Artsakh (Area) / Getabek (District) / Kilsyali (Village)

Location

This small Turkish village extends on the left bank of the river Akhenji, 33 kilometres north-west of the district centre.

Karapetian, Samvel. Northern Artsakh, Yerevan, 2007, p. 257.

Historical Introduction

It was established in the Soviet years in the site of an ancient derelict Armenian village. The toponym derives from a local Armenian church: ‘kilisa’ is the Turkish equivalent for ‘church.’