Kovluch (Kyohluch) village of Aghsu district

The village of Kovluch in the Aghsu district was located 5-6 km southeast of the village of Gyurjevan. Until 1988, it was an exclusively Armenian settlement. In 1861, the village of Kovluch was entirely Armenian-populated with 31 households, while in 1890, it had 52 households with a population of 357 Armenians.

The population of the village suffered greatly due to the attacks of Turkish-Tatar forces in 1918. In 1986, the village of Kovluch was entirely Armenian-populated and had 56 residents, who were forcibly displaced in 1988. Kovluch had a church named Surb Astvatsatsin (Holy Mother of God), which has not been preserved. The old tombstones in the village cemetery had no inscriptions.

Samvel Karapetyan, a monument specialist, during his visit, copied the inscription of a spring located near the village cemetery:

This spring is in memory of Kovluch residents Baba, Asri, Daniel, sons of Gukas, and Khachan, our mother, 1849.

The village is now called Kovluch (in Azerbaijani: Kövlüc) and is inhabited by Azerbaijanis.

Bibliography

Karapetyan S., The Armenian Lapidary Inscriptions of Aghvank Proper, Yerevan, 1997.

Karapetyan S., Aghvank Proper, Research on Armenian Architecture (RAA) Foundation, Book XXII, Part 1, Page 57.

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