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Azerbaijani Community Of Nagorno-Karabakh
The Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh ( az, Dağlıq Qarabağın Azərbaycanlı İcması), also known as the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh Social Union or the Azerbaijani Community of Nagorno-Karabakh in exile, was an association representing the Azerbaijani community of Nagorno-Karabakh in exile from May 1994 until April 2021. On April 30, 2021, the dissolution of the association was announced after the return of large areas of Nagorno-Karabakh under Azerbaijani control after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. History According to the 1979 Soviet census, which was the last census taken before the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, there were 37,264 ethnic Azeris (or 23% of the total population) living in the mainly Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Azeris constituted majority in the Shusha District with over 80% of the total population, in addition to forming between 15% and 26% of the population of the remaining four districts. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baku
Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of Azerbaijan, as well as the largest city on the Caspian Sea and of the Caucasus region. Baku is located below sea level, which makes it the lowest lying national capital in the world and also the largest city in the world located below sea level. Baku lies on the southern shore of the Absheron Peninsula, alongside the Bay of Baku. Baku's urban population was estimated at two million people as of 2009. Baku is the primate city of Azerbaijan—it is the sole metropolis in the country, and about 25% of all inhabitants of the country live in Baku's metropolitan area. Baku is divided into twelve administrative raions and 48 townships. Among these are the townships on the islands of the Baku Archipelago, and the town of Oil Rocks built on stilts in the Caspian Sea, away from Baku. The Inner City of Baku, along with the Shirvanshah's Palace and Maiden Tower, were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000. The c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khojaly (village)
Khojaly ( az, Xocalı, ; hy, Խոջալու, translit=Khojalu) or Ivanyan ( hy, Իվանյան) is a town ''de facto'' in the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Stepanakert Airport is located to the immediate south of the town. The town was the second largest Azerbaijani town in the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast until the mass killing and exodus of its Azerbaijani population during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Toponymy The Azerbaijani name of the town, Khojaly, derives from ''khoja'' (''xoca''), which is the Azerbaijani spelling of the Persian word ''khawaja'', meaning master. In 2001 the settlement was renamed ''Ivanyan'' by Artsakh, after the late general of the Artsakh Defence Army, Kristapor Ivanyan. History According to the 1910 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', Khojaly had 184 Tatar (i.e. Azerbaijani) inhabitants in 1908. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Əmiranlar
Kajavan ( hy, Քաջավան) or Amiranlar ( az, Əmiranlar) is a village that is, ''de facto'', in the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh; ''de jure'', it is in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population before they escaped the fighting of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. History During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Economy and culture The village is part of the community of Martuni. Demographics The village had an ethnic Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...-majority population of 99 inhabitants in 2005. References External links * Populated places in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muğanlı, Khojavend
Muğanlı () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had Azerbaijani-majority prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th .... References External links * Populated places in Khojavend District {{Khojavend-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qaradağlı, Khojavend
Garadaghly ( az, Qaradağlı) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. History During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. In early February 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenian forces captured the village as well as the villages of Malibeyli ) and Aghdaban. Their inhabitants were expelled, resulting in the death of at least 99 civilians and 140 injuries. The attack on the village resulted in the deaths of more than 20 people and the injuries of 15 others. According to the State of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons, 26 citizens of Azerbaijan have been reported missing since Armenian forces captured the village. Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village has be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hadrut District (NKAO)
Hadrut District ( az, Hadrut rayonu, Һадрут рајону; hy, Հադրութի շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. History The district was formed on 8 August 1930, as the Dizak district; it was renamed Hadrut District on 17 September 1939. The administrative center of the district was the town of Hadrut. The total area of the district was 679 km2 and it included 41 villages (1986). Along with NKAO, the district was abolished on 26 November 1991 and was incorporated into Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, the former district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Hadrut Province. However, 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-Karabakh and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuğ
Tugh ( az, Tuğ) or Togh ( hy, Տող) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the Political status of Nagorno-Karabakh, disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had a mixed Armenian-Azerbaijani population before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the Azerbaijani inhabitants fled the fighting in 1991, and the Armenians, Armenian population fled the village during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. History The village and the neighboring fortress of ''Ktish'' ( hy, Քթիշ), are first mentioned in the 9th century, as the capital of the Dizak, Principality of Dizak. In 854, Esayi Abu-Muse, the Prince of Dizak, resisted an Arab conquest of Armenia, Abbasid army under the command of Bugha al-Kabir at Ktish for more than a year.Tovma Artsruni and Anon, ''History of the House of Artruni'', Yerevan 1985, pp. 297–98. The 13th-century monastery of Gtichavank, and ruins of some churches including the 13th-century St. Stephen's Church are located near the village. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Askeran District (NKAO)
Askeran District ( az, Əsgəran rayonu, Әсҝәран рајону; hy, Ասկերանի շրջան, Askerani shrjan) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. History The capital of the district was the town of Askeran. Until 1978 the district was called the Stepanakert District and its capital was Stepanakert. The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991. The district was renamed Khojaly District. Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, all of the district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Askeran Province. However, following 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-Karabakh and the surrounding territories. It was a major escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, invol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cəmilli, Khojali
Jamilli ( hy, Ջամիլլի; az, Cəmilli) is a village ''de facto'' in the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani majority prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. History In June 1919, Jamilli and the neighboring villages of Ghaibalishen (Khaibalikend), Karkijahan and Pahlul were looted and burnt as part of the Khaibalikend massacre by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers, in which a total of 600-700 Armenians were killed. During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO), DQMV, hy, Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ, ԼՂԻՄ was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its cap .... Demo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aşağı Quşçular
Ashaghy Gushchular ( az, Aşağı Quşçular) or Ghushchular ( hy, Ղուշչուլար) is a village ''de facto'' in the Askeran Province of the Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War ( hy, Արցախյան ազատամարտ, Artsakhyan azatamart) was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in th .... During the capture of village the Azerbaijani population was expelled, it was reported 8 civilians were killed. References External links * Populated places in Shusha District {{Shusha-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
