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TOPONYMICS
SEGNAKH means "a fort, a sanctuary". Later the word acquired the connotation of a military compound, a gathering site. In the first half of the 18th century each of the Karabagh Meliks had his segnakh where the peaceful population could safely hide during the periods of danger. The following fortresses served as segnakhs in the melikdoms: Gtich-Goroz in Dizak, Jraberd (Charaberd) in Jraberd, Kachaghakaberd in Khachen, Karaglukh-Shosh (Shushi) in Varand. In addition, segnakhs was the military bases for the armed forces, places for the military training which allowed the locals to
protect the region from the ditructive invasions of the North Caucasus tribe during that period. Segnakhs actively participated in the liberation movement in the XVIII century embarked under the leadership of Davit-Bek. The troops concentrated in the segnakhs were under the commandment of Big Segnakh which was organized and headed by the Catholicos of Aghvan Yesai Hasan-Jalalian and Avan Juzbashi. At the beginning of the XVIII century when the meliks of Karabagh were preparing to meet the Russian Tsar Peter I, around 30,000 cavalrymen and 20,000 infantrymen were dislocated in the segnakhs. Currently the name is used as a topological term in Nagorno Karabagh.
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