Urud gravestone statues and grave chest

In Urud village of Garakilsa dist­rict of Zan­ga­zur mahal.

On 07.11.1995, Gafan, Sisiyan, Meghri, Gorus regions were abo­­lished and Sunik region was established. Garakilsa dist­rict — from 03.02.1940 — Sisian, Urud vil­lage — from 07.03.1968 — was named Vo­rotan.

Arts and crafts

It was destroyed after the Azer­baijanis depor­tation in 1988.

In the medieval cemetery in the village of Urud (from 03.07.1968 - Vorotan) of Garakilsa (from 02.03.1940 - Sisian) district of Zangazur mahal, many tomb­stone chests and ram statues were recor­ded. Until 1988, only Azerbaijanis lived in Urud village. The first Armenians set foot in the village after the 1988 ethnic cleansing and deportation of West Azerbaijanis.

In 1961, the cor­responding member of ANAS, who was on a scien­tific mission in the village of Urud, Ph.D. M. Nemetova stu­died up to 100 such monu­ments of the 15th-17th cen­tu­­ries. Above each of those monuments, the identity of the deceased, the date of death, and sometimes the cause of death are writ­ten in Arabic.