Grave-stone :: ARMENIAN HISTORICAL MONUMENTS

Grave-stone 1905 y․

Azerbaijan / Northern Artsakh / Shamkhor / Bada

Inscription, Armenian, Engraved, Commemoration 1905 y․

Carved on a gravestone perpetuating the memory of Petros Tzeratiants, one of the organizers of the village’s self-defence:
Beneath this [grave]stone repose the remains of valorous warrior Petros Tzeratiants. He sacrificed his young life at the age of 24 during the Armeno-Turkish fights in November 1905. May you who come across it pray for his soul.
The Armenian original published in: Karapetian, S. The Historical Monuments of Northern Artsakh. In: “Lragir,” 21 March 1995, p. 6.
Note: Petros Tzeratiants was killed when “The Turkish mob ... went down the gorge of Khazni and attacked some 700 to 800 men and women of different ages, huddled up together in a cavern called Toz Perpenjan. Crossing the river, the Turks opened fire at the fugitives from its left bank. In response to that harrowing slaughter, Petros Tzeratiants, who had positioned himself on an impregnable rock named Kap, on the right bank of the river, started shooting at those blood-thirsty bandits and killed 36 of them. Soon, however, he ran out of cartridge and fell victim to an enemy bullet (Kajberuny, idem, p. 658).