With Historical Books – The book “Artsakh” was published in Baku in 1895 in the Armenian language
The book “Artsakh” was published in Baku in 1895 in the Armenian language — a remarkable testament to the enduring Armenian presence and scholarship in the region. Its author, Bishop Makar Barkhudaryants, was born in 1823 in the Armenian village of Khantsakh in Artsakh.
A historian, clergyman, and geographer, Barkhudaryants devoted his life to preserving the spiritual, cultural, and historical heritage of his homeland.
The village of Khantsakh, his birthplace, was first mentioned by Arakel Davrijetsi in the 1630s and was founded by the Haykazyan princes in 1537. Through his monumental work Artsakh, Barkhudaryants recorded the life, traditions, and resilience of the Armenian people in their ancestral land.
For thousands of years, Artsakh was home to its native Armenian population — a cradle of faith, culture, and continuity. In 2023, following the ethnic cleansing carried out by Azerbaijan, there are no longer any ethnic Armenians living in Artsakh.
This marks the first time in recorded history that the region has been emptied of its indigenous Armenian people, ending a presence that lasted for millennia.
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