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MİNERAL RESOURCES of KALBAJAR
Herbs
There numerous herbs on the territory of Kalbajar. Information on therapeutic action of natural “medicos” is available.
The plants gathered from Kalbajar territory are of four thousand names, and two hundred of them are accepted as herbs.
Their features were studied separately and samples were kept in naturally dried catalogue of region museum.
Inhabitants of Kalbajar know what diseases these plants are used for, so let’s mention a part of them.
Deer flower, gaytarma, gantapar, garaginig, currant, maize, meadow pine, rose, buckwheat, poplar, nut, wolf grass, lily of the valley, pear everlasting, guilder rose, fever grass, bitty grass, fern, sahlab, plantain, madder, apricot, carrot, cherry, lungwort, dandelion, Lucerne, raspberry, pink, coriander, wild coriander, pumpkin, medlar, leek, bean, wild berry, wild apple, pear, cherry, sweet cherry, silver thread, primrose, oak, horse-tail, thyme, cabbage, shepherd’s purse, mint, narcissus, slut grass, cat grass, burdock, nettle, tarragon, birch, willow, radish, beech, hazel, parsley, thimble grass, beetroot, pine tree, fennel, strawberry, daisy, mountain clover, herpes grass, blackberry, sorrel, kigh, shoshan, jajikh, lilpar, khimi, kortum, water- mint, caraway, milky greens, gum grass, road grass, sumurkkan, cow-bull, danagiran, crushing grass, peshamangulu, bull grass, field onion, unfading flower, St.John’s wort, aloyuz, garlic, anise, plum, dalamaz, sting grass, phlegm grass, juniper, chashir, strawberry, dog-rose, sheep eye, watercress and etc.
Forest resources of Kalbajar
The major part of Kalbajar territory consists of alpine forests. It’s a land of broadleaf trees. Most of them are included into “Red Book” as rare samples. The most of forests was misappropriated by Armenians. The forest zone on the area of Aghdaban – Baghlipaya was completely pillaged by Armenians. Among the trees were nut, hazelnut, oak, maple, hornbeam, daghdaghan, bear cherry, ash-tree, poplar, dog-rose, hawthorn, currant, raspberry which prohibited to be cut.
Savage kinds of trees were also often met in Kalbajar forests.
The forest resources of Kalbajar were not used rationally for long years because of lack of opportunities to be created within republic and union scale. No product was made from trees. Only for last 15-20 years the fruits were used for cooking of jams and other products. Inhabitants of Kalbajar engaged in cattle-breeding began to cultivate gardens and to tin the fruits for winter.
One-two years left to occupation of Kalbajar by Armenians the station on tinning of fruits and vegetables was established.
The taste of fruits planted in Kalbajar significantly differed due to the land where the plants were cultivated. The population got the harvest two times per year.
There were stones of about 2000 thousand tinges.
Availability of obsidian mines called camel eye isn’t subject to suspicion. It was already known to geologist-scientist Ali Magribi. This stone becomes more in 18 times when is heated, changes its colors and doesn’t conduct heat or coldness, and could be used for acquiring of maximal effectiveness.
As doctor of geological sciences Shamil Allahverdiyev, candidate of geological sciences Ibrahim Babayev, Ali Magribi, Hikmat Mahmud and other researched Kalbajar possessed 79 kinds of minerals, 38 kinds of rocks.
GOLD OF KALBAJAR
This natural resource was transported to Armenia as far back as the Soviet Union period.
The construction of gold plant in Basarkechar region of Armenia rapidly. Then it became obvious that A.Mikoyan solved the present matter in USSR State Planning Committee and ministries in favor of Armenia. The Armenians hold celebrations; the government gave banquets as became the owners of wealth of such rareness and value. The Armenians overseas played an important role in acquiring of gold reserves. Just under their persuasion and by initiative of president of Sciences Academy of Armenia, born in Basarkechar village Viktor Hamparsumyan further gold processing plant and industrial community weren’t built in Zod. The community (called Ararat) was erected in Basarkechar village, the plant (Ararat Gold purifying plant) was constructed in Davali village of Vedi region. Armenians were foresight at doing it. In the beginning they didn’t wish to establish the plant of precious metals in the region completely inhabited by Azerbaijanis. As the workers would be from the population of Basarkechar and Kalbajar regions, i.e. Azerbaijanis. Also, construction of such plant on the area of Azerbaijan border horrified the Armenians, as they beware of possession of gold by Azerbaijanis themselves. That’s why the Armenians applying skillfully their artful methods changes the plant location.
How did they base the remote distance of the plant from the mine? They set forth an “argument” that the plant might impose serious damage upon ecology of Goycha lake. The sand awashed would be thrown to Goycha lake and heads of the springs would be sanded-up, what would entail the drainage of the lake. The analogical situation would liquidate Armenia. Thus, the plant was erected at 280 km from the mine, at 8-10 km to Araz river, what was quite favorable for Armenians. They didn’t use the waters of Araz river at the distance mentioned. The pollution of the river was of no affect for them.
We, of course, watched all dodges of Armenians for that period, sometimes expressed our protests in certain form. But we stood such system; no one heard our justice voices. Sometimes we killed ourselves conveying our tortures, hatred. Such actions entailed negative aftermaths for the Azerbaijanis, especially for party leaders and officials. The Armenians accused our compatriots as if in nationalism and resorted to various kinds of punishment.
Though we thought about independence of Azerbaijan at that time, it was just a dream. Possibly, if the republic was sovereign, gold being the unique wealth of the republic wouldn’t fall into hands of Armenians.
Not a single inch of our land must be ceded to anyone. We stood numerous historical wars, victories and losses. But the land guarded by ancestry isn’t lost. The territories temporarily occupied by means of a great number of Armenians’ tricks, will be returned and the mines producing 6-7 tons of gold per year shall be in disposal of its real owner, i.e. us.
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