Hamamli

Hamamli was a village in the territory of the Echmiadzin uezd of the former Iravan governorate, later in the former Ashtarak district, and present-day Aragatsotn province. It was located on the bank of the Abaran River. The name of the village was listed in “The Iravan Province Review Book” and marked on the five-verst map of the Caucasus.

The village was inhabited by 340 Azerbaijanis in 1873, 353 in 1886, 445 in 1897, 600 in 1908, 636 in 1914, 526 in 1916, 208 in 1918 and 360 Azerbaijanis in 1919. In March and April of 1919 the inhabitants were exposed to the attack of Armenian armed formations and left the village. After the establishment of Soviet power in present-day Armenia, the Azerbaijanis who survived managed to return to their own village. The village was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 96 in 1922, 88 in 1926 and 151 in 1931. In accordance with the decision of the USSR Council of Ministers “On the resettlement of collective farmers and other Azerbaijani population from Armenian SSR to the Kur-Araz lowlands of the Azerbaijan SSR” dated 23 December 1947, the Azerbaijani population of the village were deported to Azerbaijan. Later, a part of the deportees managed to return to the village which was soon after abolished. At present, the village lies in ruins.