Mədrəsə
Mədrəsə
Մատրասա • Matrasa | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Mədrəsə | |
| Coordinates: 40°36′53″N 48°33′51″E / 40.61472°N 48.56417°E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Shamakhi |
| Population (2008)[1] | |
• Total | 2,597 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Mədrəsə (Madrasa; Armenian: Մատրասա, romanized: Matrasa) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. This village had a generally homogeneous Armenian population in 1918 and maintained a significant Armenian presence up until the forced exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan in 1988.[2][3] It has a population of 2,597.
Madrasa was home to one of the last two Armeno-Tat communities in Azerbaijan, until they were expelled in the 1990s.
It is the origin of the Madrasa grape, which is still cultivated locally and internationally for winemaking.
Population
Historically, Madrasa was an Armenian-populated village with several churches. Below is the demographic evolution of the village according to Russian Empire and early Soviet sources:
| Year | Number of Households | Number of Armenians | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 107 families | ≈ 750–850 (est.) | Armenian families only | [4] |
| 1855 | — | — | Armenian Gregorians; spoke Armenian, Persian, and Tatar | [5] |
| 1856–1864 | 281 households | 1,784 | Armenian Gregorians; presence of church | [6] |
| 1873 | 374 households | 2,187 | Armenian Gregorians | [7] |
| 1886 | 483 households | 2,774 | Armenian Gregorians | [8] |
| 1911 | 694 households | 4,321 | Armenians | [9] |
| 1914 | — | 4,611 | Armenians | [10] |
| 1921 | — | 1,855 (1,548 present) | Armenians | [11] |
The village had at least one functioning Armenian church noted in 19th-century imperial surveys.
See also
References
- ^ World Gazetteer: Azerbaijan – World-Gazetteer.com
- ^ Narine Vlasyan (February 5, 2019). "Shamakhi: A Lost Dialect, a Lost Identity". evnreport.com.
- ^ Karapetian, S (1997). Armenian Lapidary Inscriptions of Boon-Aghvank. Yerevan: Publishing House of the State Academy of Sciences of Armenia “Gitut'yun”. p. 46. ISBN 5-8080-0144-7.
- ^ "Описание Ширванской провинции, составленное в 1820 году по распоряжению главноуправляющего в Грузии Ермолова генерал-майором князем Мадатовым и действительным статским советником Могилевским", p. 168.
- ^ "Кавказский календарь на 1856 год", p. 307.
- ^ "Списки населённых мест Российской империи. Вып. 65: Бакинская губерния", Tiflis, 1870.
- ^ "Сборник сведений о Кавказе", vol. 5, p. 229.
- ^ "Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края по посемейным спискам 1886 г."
- ^ "Сборник сведений по Бакинской губернии", vol. 1, p. 158.
- ^ "Кавказский календарь на 1915 год"
- ^ "Азербайджанская сельскохозяйственная перепись 1921 года", vol. 1, p. 43.
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