Talish ( az, Talış, ; hy, Թալիշ) is a village in the

Tartar District Tartar District ( az, Tərtər 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 Kalbajar, Goranboy, Yevlakh, Barda, ...

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, in the disputed region of

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. 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.

History

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 Mardakert 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 ...

. During the course of the

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, the side controlling the village has changed on numerous occasions. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village last changed hands when the village was recaptured by Armenian forces from the Azerbaijani side on 11 April 1994. After the war, the village was administrated as part of the

Martakert Province Martakert Province ( hy, Մարտակերտ) is a province of the Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The population is mainly Armenian. The province has 43 communities of which one is considered urban and 42 a ...

of the breakaway

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. During the 2016 Armenian-Azerbaijani clashes, the village was severely damaged and was temporarily captured by Azerbaijani forces after most of its population had been evacuated, but was recaptured by Armenian forces before the end of the clashes. After the village was recaptured, an elderly Armenian couple was found executed in their home with their ears cut off. The village was captured by Azerbaijan during the

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a church built in 1151, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, the monastery of ''Horeka'' ( hy, Հոռեկա վանք, Horeka Vank, also known as the monastery of ''Glkho'', ) built in 1279-1284, the 13th-century village of ''Dyutakan'' (), a 17th-century church, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, the

manor house A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals w ...

of the Melik-Beglaryans ( hy, Մելիք-Բեգլարյանների ապարանք, Melik-Beglaryanneri Aparank) built in 1727, a 19th-century

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monument, and the church of ''Surb Amenaprkich'' ( hy, Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, ) built in 1894.

Demographics

The village had 581 inhabitants in 2005, and 597 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Հոռեկա վանք.JPG, Horeka Monastery, a 13th-century monastic complex near the village

References

External links

Թալիշ. մարդիկ և կյանքը վերադառնում են գյուղ
{{DEFAULTSORT:Talish, Tartar Populated places in Tartar District Nagorno-Karabakh