GNDEVAZ - in 1873 here lived - 98 Azerbaijanis, 205 Armenians; in 1905 - 218 Azerbaijanis, 650 Armenians; in 1931 - 54 Azerbaijanis, 960 Armenians. The significant demographic decline of the Azerbaijani population testifies to the persecution and arbitrariness to which they were subjected by the newly arrived Armenians and militant nationalists. In the 1930s, Azerbaijanis were forcibly driven out of the village.