Åžurud

Åžurud (anglicized as Shurud), also Shorot ( hy, Õ‡Õ¸Õ¼Õ¸Õ©) or Shurut ( hy, Õ‡Õ¸Ö‚Ö€Õ¸Ö‚Õ©) is a village and municipality in the Julfa District of Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan. It is located 23 km to the north of the district center, on the slope of the Zangezur mountain range.

It has a population of 180, primarily occupied in farming and animal husbandry. There are a secondary school, a club, a library, a communication center, and a medical center in the village.

History

Shurut was a small Armenian-populated town during the late medieval period, with churches, schools, monasteries, scriptoriums, and a population of several tens of thousands. It is first mentioned in historical sources from the 13th century.

By the 1980s there were four Armenian churches still standing in Shurut: the St. Stephanos and the St. Grigor Lusavorich churches, an isolated church known as Kusanants or St. Astvatsatsin, and the village's main church called St. Hakob-Hayrapet (also Surb Hakob or Saint Jacob), which was located in the center of Shurut. The church was established in the 12th century but was partly rebuilt in the 17th century (1642). The church was cited as one of "the most impressive churches in the Nakhchivan region: a massive structure with a basilica plan and a tall dome with a polygonal drum".

All churches in Åžurud were reportedly demolished shortly before 2005.

Notable people

* Naghash Hovnatan (1661–1722), Armenian poet, ashugh, painter, and founder of the Hovnatanian artistic family

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Populated places in Julfa District

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