Meysəri

Meysəri
Մեյսարի • Meysari
Municipality
Meysəri is located in Azerbaijan
Meysəri
Meysəri
Location within Azerbaijan
Coordinates: 40°39′57″N 48°35′11″E / 40.66583°N 48.58639°E / 40.66583; 48.58639
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictShamakhi
Population
 • Total
624
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Meysəri (also Meysary; Armenian: Մեյսարի, romanized: Meysari) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 624. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]

In Meysary there were two Armenian Apostolic churches: Surb Nshan and Surb Astvatsatsin.[2][3] Surb Astvatsatsin was blown up in 1972.[3]

Population

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Meysari was predominantly an Armenian-populated village. According to various statistical and administrative sources:

YearHouseholds/FamiliesPopulationNotesSource
182018 families–Included 7 native families, 1 kevkha (village official), and 10 newcomer families from KarabakhDescription of the Shirvan Province, 1820[4]
1855––All residents were Armenian-Gregorians, speaking Armenian and "Tatar" (Azerbaijani)Caucasian Calendar, 1856[5]
1856–6459 households309 ArmeniansThe village had a church and a monasteryList of Settlements of the Russian Empire: Baku Governorate[6]
187359 households397 Armenians–Caucasus Data Collection, vol. 5[7]
188687 households495 Armenians–Statistical Data of the Transcaucasian Region, 1886[8]
1911114 households779 Armenians–Baku Governorate Statistical Collection, 1911[9]
1914–705 Armenians–Caucasian Calendar, 1915[10]
1921–348 Armenians (290 present)Some were absent at the time of the census1921 Agricultural Census of Azerbaijan, vol. 1, part 1[11]

References

Meysəri village secondary school
  1. ↑ Narine Vlasyan (2019-02-05). "Shamakhi: A Lost Dialect, a Lost Identity". evnreport.com.
  2. ↑ The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720s and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal, 1997
  3. 1 2 "Azerbaijan - Shamakhi District". Research on Armenian Architecture.
  4. ↑ Описание Ширванской провинции, составленное в 1820 году по распоряжению Ермолова, генерал-майором князем Мадатовым и статским советником Могилевским. p. 170.
  5. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1856 год. p. 307.
  6. ↑ Списки населенных мест Российской империи. Вып. 65. Бакинская губерния. Tiflis, 1870.
  7. ↑ Сборник сведений о Кавказе, vol. 5, p. 226.
  8. ↑ Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края по посемейным спискам 1886 г.
  9. ↑ Сборник сведений по Бакинской губернии. Вып. 1. p. 158.
  10. ↑ Кавказский календарь на 1915 год.
  11. ↑ Азербайджанская сельскохозяйственная перепись 1921 года. Т. 1. Вып. 1. p. 43.