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Avetaranots
Chanakhchi ( hy, Չանախչի; az, Çanaqçı) or Avetaranots ( hy, Ավետարանոց) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. History The village is the birthplace of Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), an Armenian melik (prince) in the Principality of Varanda, and later lieutenant general of the Russian Empire. During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The village was administrated by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Askeran Province after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was captured by Azerbaijani forces on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerian Madatov
Prince Valerian Grigoryevich Madatov (, , Rostom Madatyan) (1782 – September 4, 1829) was a Russian-Armenian prince and a lieutenant-general of the Russian Empire. Sarkisyan, G. ''«Մադաթով»'' (Madatov). ''Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia'' vol. vii. Yerevan: Armenian SSR, 1981, p. 126. Early life Madatov was born Rostom Madatyan in 1782 in Avetaranots of the Principality of Varanda (nowadays Azerbaijan), in a minor Armenian noble family as a ''melik'' (prince). At the age of 15 he left Karabakh for St. Petersburg with another senior nobleman to seek support from Catherine the Great in their efforts to abolish Muslim control of the region. Military career In St. Petersburg, young Madatov joined the Leib Guard Preobrazhensky Regiment at the rank of ''praporshchik'', and for the next 10 years spent his time training and serving in lower officer ranks. Madatov saw action for the first time in 1808 on the Danube during the storming of the Brailov fortress, where he receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
