Religious school in the village of Zod

In the village of Zod (its first name from the 3rd–5th centuries – until the end of the 14th century (1387–1388), until the beginning of the 15th century (1400) it was Bashkalafa, and in 1813–1814 it was Veliagha) of the Basarkechar district of the Goycha district

Basarkechar district – from 11.06.1969 Vardenis, Zod village from 09.04.1991 Sotk

Architecture

The religious school ceased its activities in 1917 due to pressure from the Soviet Bolsheviks. The school building was used for other purposes.

A religious school opened by the state in the village from 1912–1913 to 1917 operated for 3 years. The school was opened by Molla Tagılar. The school was located in the village center. The school had approximately 2 classes. Molla Tagı oglu Mahammad and other teachers who taught at the religious school conveyed the progressiveness and scientific nature of the Islamic religion to people, proved with solid evidence that it was free from superstition and superstition, and invited people to halal and justice.
It is found in the list of villages considered suitable for living in the Goycha basin at that time compiled by I. Chopin. According to official information, Zod was a purely Turkish village at that time in terms of the ethnic composition of its population, and 425 people lived here. In 1873, the village population increased to 905, and in 1897 to 1,588. During the massacres of 1905–1907, the village had approximately 100 houses and a population of 300–350, and in 1914, it had 1,988 residents. During the deportations of 1918–1920, the village had 200–230 houses and a population of 800–1,000. During the deportations of 1948–1953, 125 houses and a population of about 500 people from the village settled in the Goygol region of Azerbaijan. The village had 400–450 houses and a population of about 1,600–2,000 people. During the last deportation in 1987–1991, the village population was completely removed from their native lands and became refugees. The village population settled in Baku, Ganja, Khanlar (now Goygol), Samukh and other places. The village population lives in the areas where they were settled to this day. The village had 650–700 houses and a population of about 4,700 people.

According to some sources, “zod” means “a people settled in a harsh, impassable high mountainous place, a place of settlement” in ancient Turkic languages. According to another explanation, the Albanian historian Musa Kalankatli, speaking about the middle of the first century AD, mentions Savdey / Tsavdey in Armenian writing among the tribes living in Albania, and the 5th century Armenian author Moisey orenasi mentions the Sod tribe and notes that it is a descendant of the Albanian king Eran. This ethnonym/tribe name is reflected in the toponym Zod in the Goycha district.