Cicimli () is a village in the
Lachin District of
Azerbaijan.
History
The village was occupied by Armenian forces in 1992 during
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 its occupation, the village was renamed Vanotsa ( hy, Վանոցա) and was made part of
Kashatagh Province of the self-proclaimed
Republic of Artsakh. The village was returned to Azerbaijan on 1 December per the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement
The 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement is an armistice agreement that ended the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. It was signed on 9November by the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the Pre ...
.
Photo gallery
The tomb of Malik Ajdar in the village
References
{{Lachin Rayon
Villages in Azerbaijan
Populated places in Lachin District