Meysəri
Meysəri
Մեյսարի • Meysari | |
|---|---|
Municipality | |
Meysəri | |
| Coordinates: 40°39′57″N 48°35′11″E / 40.66583°N 48.58639°E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Shamakhi |
| Population | |
• Total | 624 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
Meysəri (also Meysary; Armenian: Մեյսարի, romanized: Meysari) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 624. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]
In Meysary there were two Armenian Apostolic churches: Surb Nshan and Surb Astvatsatsin.[2][3] Surb Astvatsatsin was blown up in 1972.[3]
Population
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Meysari was predominantly an Armenian-populated village. According to various statistical and administrative sources:
| Year | Households/Families | Population | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1820 | 18 families | – | Included 7 native families, 1 kevkha (village official), and 10 newcomer families from Karabakh | Description of the Shirvan Province, 1820[4] |
| 1855 | – | – | All residents were Armenian-Gregorians, speaking Armenian and "Tatar" (Azerbaijani) | Caucasian Calendar, 1856[5] |
| 1856–64 | 59 households | 309 Armenians | The village had a church and a monastery | List of Settlements of the Russian Empire: Baku Governorate[6] |
| 1873 | 59 households | 397 Armenians | – | Caucasus Data Collection, vol. 5[7] |
| 1886 | 87 households | 495 Armenians | – | Statistical Data of the Transcaucasian Region, 1886[8] |
| 1911 | 114 households | 779 Armenians | – | Baku Governorate Statistical Collection, 1911[9] |
| 1914 | – | 705 Armenians | – | Caucasian Calendar, 1915[10] |
| 1921 | – | 348 Armenians (290 present) | Some were absent at the time of the census | 1921 Agricultural Census of Azerbaijan, vol. 1, part 1[11] |
References
- ^ Narine Vlasyan (2019-02-05). "Shamakhi: A Lost Dialect, a Lost Identity". evnreport.com.
- ^ The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720s and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal, 1997
- ^ a b "Azerbaijan - Shamakhi District". Research on Armenian Architecture.
- ^ Описание Ширванской провинции, составленное в 1820 году по распоряжению Ермолова, генерал-майором князем Мадатовым и статским советником Могилевским. p. 170.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1856 год. p. 307.
- ^ Списки населенных мест Российской империи. Вып. 65. Бакинская губерния. Tiflis, 1870.
- ^ Сборник сведений о Кавказе, vol. 5, p. 226.
- ^ Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края по посемейным спискам 1886 г.
- ^ Сборник сведений по Бакинской губернии. Вып. 1. p. 158.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1915 год.
- ^ Азербайджанская сельскохозяйственная перепись 1921 года. Т. 1. Вып. 1. p. 43.