Tower on Galacha mountain

Gulsehranvillage of Aghbaba district of Shorayel mahal, later in Chivinli village of Amasiya district.

Amasiya region, Chivinli village Yenajur since 19.04.1991.

Architecture

Since it is a monument belonging to Azerbaijanis, it has not been restored by the Armenian state. Although the tower was destroyed, its ruins still remain.

It is located on the top of Galacha mountain in Gulsehran (Chivinli) village of Amasiya region. The castle was a defense fortification of the Middle Ages. Although the walls of the castle were blown away, its remains, the huge stones on the wall, the ruins inside the castle show that it was an impregnable castle in the Middle Ages. According to us, the toponym was formed on the basis of the Turkic ethnonym jinli (the ancient form is "cen"), which is a branch of the Kangarli tribe. It is an ethnotoponym. It seems that the sound combination "iv" was added to the ethnonym jinli later and it became the form of chivinli. It is a simple toponym in structure. The inhabitants of the village of Chivinli were Garapapags, an ethnographic group of Azerbaijanis. 270 Azerbaijanis lived in the village in 1905 and 350 in 1914. In 1915, Azerbaijanis were expelled. In 1920, after the establishment of Soviet power in Armenia, Azerbaijanis were able to return. 234 Azerbaijanis lived in the village in 1922, 294 in 1926, 324 in 1931, and 534 in 1987. In 1915-1916, the village was attacked and destroyed by Armenians, and its inhabitants were forced to take refuge in the territory of Turkey. In 1922, part of the population returned and restored the village. In the winter of 1989, the last Azerbaijanis were expelled. Now Armenians live in the village.

The tower, built with huge stones, was a defensive fortification that protected the people from enemy attacks. It is an ancient example of its historical heritage in Western Azerbaijan, located in the village of Gulsehran (Chivinli).