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, utc_offset = +4 , timezone_DST = , utc_offset_DST = , coordinates = , elevation_m = 1578 , area_code = , website = Hin Tagher ( hy, Հին Թաղեր) or Kohne Taghlar ( az, Köhnə Tağlar; hy, Քյոհնյա Թաղլար) 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, Aghj ...

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, in the

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region of

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked country, landlocked region in the Transcaucasia, South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik Province, Syunik, and covering the southeastern range o ...

. The village had an ethnic

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-majority population prior to the

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, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. The

Katarovank Monastery Katarovank ( hy, Կատարովանք; az, Qatərəvəng) is an Armenian Apostolic Church, 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 ...

is located close to the village.

Toponymy

The village was known as ''Hin Taghlar'' ( hy, Հին Թաղլար; russian: Хин Таглар; az, Hin Tağlar) during the

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

period.

History

The village was collectivized in 1931-1932, and electricity was brought to it in 1964. 220 residents of the village fought in World War II, of which 100 died. There is a World War II memorial in the village to honour the dead. During the

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 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 ...

, 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 Azerba ...

of the breakaway

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. Hin Tagher, Khtsaberd/Chaylaggala 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 Hadrut Province during the

. Clashes erupted around the Armenian holdout pocket despite the

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, and it was reported that Hin Tagher was 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 Hin Tagher and Khtsaberd/Chaylaggala 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 a village and

khachkar A ''khachkar'', also known as a ''khatchkar'' or Armenian cross-stone ( hy, խաչքար, , խաչ xačʿ "cross" + քար kʿar "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosettes, in ...

s from between the 9th and 11th centuries, a 17th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of ''Surb Amenaprkich'' ( hy, Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, ).

Demographics

In 1920, the village had a population of 400, but by 1987, the number had dropped to 198 villagers, with all of them being Armenian. The village had 168 inhabitants in 2005, and 96 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Եկեղեցի Ամենափրկիչ, Church of the Savior.jpg, The Holy Savior Church in Hin Tagher

References

External links

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