Cemetery monuments in Jil village

In Jil village, Chambarak district, Goycha district

Chambarak district - since 1920, Jil village, Krasnoselsk district

Architecture

There was deportation of Jil village residents in November - December 1988. After the transfer of Armenians to the village, most of the ancient grave monuments were destroyed, and Armenian elements were added to the rest, and they are presented as "Armenian monuments".

As an ancient settlement, the village of Jil dates back to the IV-VI millennium BC. As a proof of this, we can point to the graves belonging to the ancient Oghuz Turks in two places in the village. The first one is in the Tikinusdu neighborhood and the oldest one, and the second one is the cemetery behind Tapa. On the tombstones made of stone in the form of a chest, horse and ram there were various descriptions. The inscriptions on the mentioned tombstones are considered to be closer to the Orkhon Yenisei inscriptions. It was part of Basarkechar district until the creation of Chambarak district (31.XII.1937). There were 265 people in the village in 1831, 287 people in 1873, 587 people in 1886, 442 people in 1897, 975 people in 1904, 1035 people in 1914, 893 people in 1916, 1919-888 only Azerbaijanis lived there. In the spring of 1919, the villagers were attacked by Armenians and expelled. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the villagers were able to return to their native lands. 697 Azerbaijanis lived here in 1922, 824 in 1926, 1041 in 1931, 1595 in 1970, 1490 in 1979, and 1500 in 1987.

The toponym Jil is derived from the word "jil" which means "broom-like grass covering the ground" in the Azerbaijani language. It is a phytotoponym. It is a simple toponym in structure. The tombstones in the ancient cemetery of the village confirm that this is a TurkicOghuz homeland.