Madrasa (; ) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. This village had a generally homogeneous Armenian population in 1918 and maintained a significant Armenian presence up until the forced exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan in 1988. It has a population of 2,597.
Madrasa was home to one of the last two Armeno-Tat communities in Azerbaijan, until they were expelled in the 1990s.
It is the origin of the Madrasa grape, which is still cultivated locally and internationally for winemaking.
Population
Historically, Madrasa was an Armenian-populated village with several churches. Below is the demographic evolution of the village according to Russian Empire and early Soviet sources:
Year Number of Households Number of Armenians Notes Source 1820 107 families ≈ 750–850 (est.) Armenian families only "Описание Ширванской провинции, составленное в 1820 году по распоряжению главноуправляющего в Грузии Ермолова генерал-майором князем Мадатовым и действительным статским советником Могилевским", p. 168. 1855 — — Armenian Gregorians; spoke Armenian, Persian, and Tatar "Кавказский календарь на 1856 год", p. 307. 1856–1864 281 households 1,784 Armenian Gregorians; presence of church "Списки населённых мест Российской империи. Вып. 65: Бакинская губерния", Tiflis, 1870. 1873 374 households 2,187 Armenian Gregorians "Сборник сведений о Кавказе", vol. 5, p. 229. 1886 483 households 2,774 Armenian Gregorians "Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края по посемейным спискам 1886 г." 1911 694 households 4,321 Armenians "Сборник сведений по Бакинской губернии", vol. 1, p. 158. 1914 — 4,611 Armenians "Кавказский календарь на 1915 год" 1921 — 1,855 (1,548 present) Armenians "Азербайджанская сельскохозяйственная перепись 1921 года", vol. 1, p. 43.
The village had at least one functioning Armenian church noted in 19th-century imperial surveys.
See also Kilvar
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