Hin Shen ( hy, Հին Շեն, also , ) or Kichik Galadarasi ( az, Kiçik Qaladərəsi) is a village ''

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'' in the

Shushi Province Shushi Province ( hy, Շուշիի շրջան) is a province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The province has 7 communities of which 1 is considered urban and 6 are rural. The town of Shushi ...

of the breakaway

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, ''

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'' in the

Shusha District Shusha District ( az, Şuşa 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 Khojaly, Lachin, and Khojavend. Its capit ...

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, in the disputed region of

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. The village has an ethnic

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-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.

Toponymy

The village was known as ''Kirov'' (russian: Киров) during the

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period, and is also known as ''Koynashen''.

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the

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 ...

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the medieval

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of ''Pulen Glukh'' ( hy, Փուլեն Գլուխ), a church built in 1658, and the 19th-century church of ''Surb Astvatsatsin'' ( hy, Սուրբ Աստվածածին, ).

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

and

animal husbandry Animal husbandry is the branch of agriculture concerned with animals that are raised for meat, fibre, milk, or other products. It includes day-to-day care, selective breeding, and the raising of livestock. Husbandry has a long history, starti ...

. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, and a medical centre.

Demographics

The village had 176 inhabitants in 2005, and 190 inhabitants in 2015.

References

External links

* * {{Portal bar, Geography Populated places in Shushi Province Populated places in Shusha District