Mayrakahag (Armenian: Մայրաքաղաք, romanized: Mayrakaghak, also called Kahakatekh) — is a fortified colony in Nagorno-Karabakh.[1] It was the residence of the Israelyan family, one of the families of the Armenian lords (meliks) in Karabakh.[2] Mayrakahag is located on the east bank of the Tartar river in the Vaghuhas village, today located in the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh.

It represents a complex of several ruined buildings, an old cemetery and the Tiramayr Monastery.[3] The monastery and the cemetery was badly destroyed in the period from 1920 to the 1930s. The Armenians called the surviving fortress towers "Sergevlaser" (meaning "quince pass" in Armenian).[4]

References

  1. ↑ Степан Лисицян / Армяне Нагорного Карабаха: Этнографический очерк / Изд-во АН Армении стр. 230 (248)
  2. ↑ Степан Лисицян / Армяне Нагорного Карабаха: Этнографический очерк / Изд-во АН Армении стр. 37 (248)
  3. ↑ Ш. Мкртчян / Майракахак или монастырь Тирамайр /Историко-архитектурные памятники Нагорно-Карабаха/ стр. 47-48 (360)
  4. ↑ В.А. Петров / Этноботаника Нагорного-Карабаха / АН СССР Изд. АзФан Баку-1940г. стр.23 (163)

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