Ashig Alasgar tombstone monuments
The village of Ağkilsə in the Basarkeçər district of the Göyçə region
Since 1969, it has been part of the Vardenis district.
Architecture
After the residents of Ağkilsə village were deported from Armenia in 1988-1989, Armenian vandals destroyed Ashig Alasgar's tombstone monument.
In 1972, the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ashig Alasgar, a prominent figure in Azerbaijani ashig art, was widely celebrated. At the same time, a grand monument was erected over the grave of the distinguished ashig in the village of Ağkilsə in the Basarkeçər district (renamed Azat village in the Vardenis district).
After the residents of Ağkilsə village were deported from Armenia in 1988-1989, Armenian vandals destroyed Ashig Alasgar's tombstone monument.
Ashig Alasgar, a master of Azerbaijani ashig art, was born in 1821 in the village of Ağkilsə, Basarkeçər district of the Göyçə region in the Iravan Khanate (renamed Vardenis district in 1969). Endowed with a natural talent for poetry, Alasgar was a student of the great master Ashig Ali, from whom he learned the secrets of the ashig craft. Ashig Alasgar was a highly knowledgeable, intelligent, and worldly artist.
In the 1840s, the famous Russian poet Yakov Polonsky met Ashig Alasgar and published a special article about him in the newspaper "Zakavkazskiy Vestnik."
In 1918, Armenian armed groups occupied the Göyçə region, and Ashig Alasgar lived as a refugee in the Kalbajar district until Soviet rule was established in Armenia. He returned to his birthplace in 1921 and passed away there in 1926.
In 1972, the 150th anniversary of the ashig's birth was celebrated at the state level, and a monument was erected over his grave. Armenians renamed the village of Ağkilsə to Azat in 1935.
