Talish (, ; ) is a village in the

Aghdara District Mardakert District (, ; ) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. History The district was formed on 8 August 1930, as the ''Jrabert district''. It was r ...

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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

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period, the village was part of the Mardakert District of the

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was an Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union, autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its capital was the city of Stepanakert. The majori ...

. During the course of the

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, the side controlling the village has changed on numerous occasions. During the

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, 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

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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

. Resettlement of the village by Azerbaijanis began in March 2023, with 20 families moving back to Talish.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an Armenian church built in 1151, a 12th/13th-century

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

, the monastery of ''Horeka'' (, also known as the monastery of ''Glkho'', ) built in 1279–1284, the 13th-century village of ''Dyutakan'' (), a 17th-century Armenian 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 usually held the lord's manorial courts, communal mea ...

of the Melik-Beglaryans () built in 1727, a 19th-century spring monument, and the church of ''Surb Amenaprkich'' (, ) built in 1894.

Demographics

In 1897, the village had a population of 1,155 consisting of 623 men and 532 women, 1,148 or 99.4 percent of whom were

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. The village had 581 inhabitants in 2005, and 597 inhabitants in 2015. On 16 March 2023, 20 Azerbaijani families (90 people) resettled in village. According to the program, 158 families are expected to be relocated to the village.

Notable People

* Gor Agbaljan, Armenian professional footballer

Gallery

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

References

External links

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