Goturbulag cemetery monuments

In the village of Goturbulag, in the present Chambarak district, in Gazakh uezd of Ganja Governorate

Ganja Governorate – Yelizavetpol, Chambarak District Krasnoselsk, Goturbulag Village – Ttujur

Architecture

In 1988-1989, after the deportation of the residents of Goturbulag village from Armenia, some of the tombstones in the ancient cemetery in the village were destroyed by Armenians. Armenian elements were added to the rest of the grave monuments and appropriated. When looking at the monument, it is clearly visible that the elements added by the Armenians were placed on top of them using piercing and cutting tools.

 One of three surviving monuments in an old cemetery surrounded by trees in the hilly terrain of the village, three crosses have recently been added to the smooth tombstone using stamping and cutting tools, and the lower part of the monument has been painted black to hide the original elements engraved on it, two cross marks and a third, large tombstone, apparently having a cross element added along itThe village was attacked by Armenians in 1918-1919. Until the end of 1920, it was part of Azerbaijan as Chambarak district of Gazakh uezd of Ganja Governorate. Armenians in the village were also moved from Anatolia after the occupation of Iravan Khanate by Tsarist Russia. During the USSR, three more Armenian villages were created by moving Armenians to these places: Yeni Bashkand, Martuni and Orjonokidze. The village was named Goturbulaq because it was built near Turshsu spring, which is important for healing, and because it used that water for those who were sick and got scabies. It is a hydrotoponym. It is a structurally complex toponym. Later, the name of the village was changed to Ttucur (Turshsu).

The Albanian gravestones in Goturbulag village point to the ancient history of Azerbaijanis in the village.