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Taghaser (; ) is a village in the
Khojavend District Khojavend District () is one of the 66 Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country in the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Lachin District, Lachin, Shush ...
of
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...
, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is located close to the town of Hadrut. The village had 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 around the ...
-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, 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 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...
period, the village was part of the Hadrut 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 ...
. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 14 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.


Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 14th/15th-century khachkar, the church of ''Taghaseri Anapat'' () built in 1635, the bridge of ''Hin Taghaser'' (, ) built in 1763, the 17th-century church of ''Surb Astvatsatsin'' (, ), the 17th-century village of ''Hin Shen'' (), a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 20th-century spring 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


References


External links

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