Karmir Shuka ( hy, Կարմիր Շուկա) or Girmizi Bazar ( az, Qırmızı Bazar) is a village ''

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'' in the

Martuni Province Martuni Province ( hy, Մարտունու շրջան) is a province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. History The territory was formed from the Soviet-era raion of Martuni District within t ...

of the breakaway

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...

, ''

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'' 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, Agh ...

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan (, ; az, Azərbaycan ), officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, , also sometimes officially called the Azerbaijan Republic is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a part of t ...

, in the disputed region of

Nagorno-Karabakh Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is m ...

. The village has an ethnic

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

population, and had an Armenian majority in 1989.

Etymology

The name of the village was ''Krasny Bazar'' (russian: Красный Базар) during the

Soviet Union 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, ...

, meaning "Red Market" in

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

. The Armenian name, and the Azerbaijani rendering, also mean "Red Market".

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 a part of the

Martuni District Martuni District ( az, Martuni rayonu; hy, Մարտունու շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. History The administrative centre o ...

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

Tnjri Tnjri ( hy, Տնջրի , from wikt:տնջրի, տնջրի ''tnǰri'', which in the Karabakh dialect means ‘plane tree’) is a -year-old giant Oriental plane tree situated nearby the village of Skhtorashen, ''de facto'' in the Martuni Province ...

, a 2,000-year-old

Oriental Plane ''Platanus orientalis'', the Old World sycamore or Oriental plane, is a large, deciduous tree of the Platanaceae family, growing to or more, and known for its longevity and spreading crown. In autumn its deep green leaves may change to blood red ...

, the 12th/13th-century village of ''Mavas'' ( hy, Մավաս), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 18th centuries, the 17th-century monastic complex of ''Yerek Mankuk'' ( hy, Երեք մանկուք) in ''Mavas'', the church of ''Surb Astvatsatsin'' ( hy, Սուրբ Աստվածածին, ) built in 1731 near the nearby village of

Skhtorashen Skhtorashen ( hy, Սխտորաշեն, also ''Şıxtoraşen'', ''Skhtorasher'', and ''Suktorashen'') or Shykh Dursun ( az, Şıx Dursun) is a village ''de facto'' in the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' in the Kho ...

, and the 18th-century St. George's Chapel Church ( hy, Սուրբ Գևորգ մատուռ-եկեղեցի, Surb Gevorg Matur-Yekeghetsi).

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 t ...

and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, a kindergarten, eight shops, and a medical centre. The community of Karmir Shuka includes the village of

Demographics

The village had 926 inhabitants in 2005, and 1,113 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Karmir Shouka.jpg, A sign at the entrance of the village on the north–south highway in Nagorno-Karabakh. Starý platan, Náhorní Karabach.jpg,

, a 2,000-year-old

between the village and

References

External links

* * {{Portal bar, Geography Populated places in Martuni Province Populated places in Khojavend District