Taghaser ( hy, Թաղասեռ; az, Tağaser) 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

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. The village is located close to the town of Hadrut. 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.

Toponymy

The name ''Taghaser'' derives from two Armenian words, ''Tagh'', meaning quarter (of a city), and ''Ser'', meaning vertex.

History

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, 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

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a list of states with limited recognition, breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan ...

. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 14 October 2020, during the

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 14th/15th-century

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 ...

, the church of ''Taghaseri Anapat'' ( hy, Թաղասեռի անապատ) built in 1635, the bridge of ''Hin Taghaser'' ( hy, Հին Թաղասեռ, ) built in 1763, the 17th-century church of ''Surb Astvatsatsin'' ( hy, Սուրբ Աստվածածին, ), the 17th-century village of ''Hin Shen'' ( hy, Հին Շեն), a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 20th-century

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monument.

Demographics

The village had 491 inhabitants in 2005, and 434 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Կամուրջ հին Թաղասեռ,1763թ․ ,bridge old Taghaser.jpg, Hin Taghaser Bridge built in 1763 Եկեղեցի Ս․ Անապատ․ St․ Anapat.jpg, Taghaseri Anapat Church built in 1635 Արցախյան ազատամարտում զոհվածների հիշատակին նվիրված խաչքար.jpg, Memorial to the fallen in the

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbaij ...

References

External links

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