Meysəri (also Meysary; ) 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.
In Meysary there were two Armenian Apostolic churches: Surb Nshan and Surb Astvatsatsin.The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720s and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal, 1997 Surb Astvatsatsin was blown up in 1972.
Population
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Meysari was predominantly an Armenian-populated village. According to various statistical and administrative sources:
Year Households/Families Population Notes Source 1820 18 families – Included 7 native families, 1 kevkha (village official), and 10 newcomer families from Karabakh Description of the Shirvan Province, 1820Описание Ширванской провинции, составленное в 1820 году по распоряжению Ермолова, генерал-майором князем Мадатовым и статским советником Могилевским. p. 170. 1855 – – All residents were Armenian-Gregorians, speaking Armenian and "Tatar" (Azerbaijani) Caucasian Calendar, 1856Кавказский календарь на 1856 год. p. 307. 1856–64 59 households 309 Armenians The village had a church and a monastery List of Settlements of the Russian Empire: Baku GovernorateСписки населенных мест Российской империи. Вып. 65. Бакинская губерния. Tiflis, 1870. 1873 59 households 397 Armenians – Caucasus Data Collection, vol. 5Сборник сведений о Кавказе, vol. 5, p. 226. 1886 87 households 495 Armenians – Statistical Data of the Transcaucasian Region, 1886Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края по посемейным спискам 1886 г. 1911 114 households 779 Armenians – Baku Governorate Statistical Collection, 1911Сборник сведений по Бакинской губернии. Вып. 1. p. 158. 1914 – 705 Armenians – Caucasian Calendar, 1915Кавказский календарь на 1915 год. 1921 – 348 Armenians (290 present) Some were absent at the time of the census 1921 Agricultural Census of Azerbaijan, vol. 1, part 1Азербайджанская сельскохозяйственная перепись 1921 года. Т. 1. Вып. 1. p. 43.
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