Chaykand Oghuz graves

Monument date:
XVIII c.
Placement /
Previous toponym:

It is located in Chaykand vil­lage, 25 km from the dist­rict center, in Chambarak dist­rict, in Ga­ra­go­yunlu ma­hal territory

Placement /
Current toponym:

Chaykand villa­ge name was chan­­ged to Dprabak on 19.04.1991.

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Architec­ture

Current situation

After the 1988 deportation, the graves and tomb­stones in the Chaykand cemetery were destroyed

Information:

The village of Chaykand belonged to the Gazakh uezd of Yelizavetpol Gover­no­rate, which was established on the basis of the tsar's decree dated December 9, 1867 on the change of the administration of the Caucasus and Transcaucasia. It existed within the territory of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic from 1918 to 1920. After the fall of the Azer­baijan Democratic Republic, a military revolutionary committee was established in the Gazakh uezd. After the establishment of the Soviet government in Armenia (November 29, 1920), accor­ding to the administrative division of 1874, 44.5% of the territory of Gazakh district, including Azasu, Garadash, Gi­linj village, Uzuntala, Baranin, Galachi, Kotikand, Goshgotan Kulpi, Yeni Dili­jan, Old Dilijan, Karvansara, Gara­go­yun­lu, Polad-Ayrim, Khashtar, Bash­kand, Kulali, Mikhaylovsk, Tatlikand, Tovuz­gala villages remained part of Armenia. The foundation of Chaykand village was laid in 1778 in the 18th century. Chay­kand, which is part of Dilijan region of Ganja region, was one of the central villages of Garagoyunlu valley.

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