Chaylaggala ( az, Çaylaqqala) or Khtsaberd ( hy, Խծաբերդ) is a village in the

Khojavend District Khojavend District ( az, Xocavənd rayonu) is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Lachin, Shusha, Khojaly, Agdam, Agh ...

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, in the disputed region of

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is m ...

. 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 prior to 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, involving Azerbai ...

, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.

History

The village was collectivized in 1932, and electricity was brought to it in 1962. 155 residents of the village fought in World War II, of which 84 died. There is a World War II memorial in the village to honour the dead. During the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

period, the village was part of the Hadrut 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 ...

. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the

Hadrut Province Hadrut Province ( hy, Հադրութի շրջան) was a province of the Republic of Artsakh. The provincial capital was Hadrut city. The last governor was Valery Gevorkian. The province was captured by the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbai ...

of the breakaway

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...

. The village, together with

Hin Tagher Hin Tagher ( hy, Հին Թաղեր) or Kohne Taghlar ( az, Köhnə Tağlar; hy, Քյոհնյա Թաղլար) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the Political status of Nagorno-Karabakh, disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. T ...

and

Katarovank Katarovank ( hy, Կատարովանք; az, Qatərəvəng) is an Armenian Apostolic monastery in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. It is located close to the village of Hin Tagher (Köhnə Tağlar). The mo ...

, became an Artsakh holdout in the

during the

. Clashes erupted around the Armenian holdout pocket despite the

ceasefire agreement A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a temporary stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions. Ceasefires may be between state act ...

, and it was reported that the villages were captured by Azerbaijan on 12 December, with some clashes continuing in the area. Russian peacekeepers arrived to the area on 13 December 2020. Subsequently, it was reported that the villages came under Azerbaijani control as Russian peacekeepers removed the area from their map of responsibility on 14 December 2020.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 16th/17th-century church of ''Yeghtsan Dzor'' ( hy, Եղցան ձոր), a 16th/17th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, a 19th-century

watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of ...

, and a simple Armenian church that was built in 1836, which was semi-ruined by 1990.

Demographics

In 1987, there were 52 households with 154 inhabitants, all of them Armenian. The village had 143 inhabitants in 2005, and 120 inhabitants in 2015.

Notable people

* - Armenian poet

References

External links

* Populated places in Hadrut Province Populated places in Khojavend District Nagorno-Karabakh Former Armenian inhabited settlements {{Khojavend-geo-stub