Bulaglar

Bulaglar was a village in the Sharur-Daralayaz uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Pashali (Azizbeyov, Vayk) district, and present-day Vayots Dzor province. It was located 4 km to the south of the village of Herher and on the bank of the Herher River.

The village was inhabited by 68 Azerbaijanis in 1873, 92 in 1886, 149 in 1897, 132 in 1904, 145 in 1914 and 151 Azerbaijanis in 1916. The Azerbaijanis were attacked, massacred or ousted from the village by Armenian armed units in 1918. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the inhabitants who survived managed to return to their ancestral lands. The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 29 in 1922, 40 in 1926 and 63 Azerbaijanis in 1931. In accordance with the decision of the USSR Council of Ministers “On the resettlement of collective farmers and other Azerbaijani population from the Armenian SSR to the Kur-Araz lowlands of the Azerbaijan SSR” dated 23 December 1947, the Azerbaijanis were forcibly deported to Azerbaijan and the village was abolished in 1949. At present, it is in ruins.

The village was named “Bulaglar” because it was built on the site with many springs.