Gülablı (Azerbaijani pronunciation: [ɟylɑbˈlɯ]), also known as Abdal-Gülablı (pronounced [ɑbˈdɑl ɟylɑbˈlɯ]),[2] is a village in the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan.

Gülablı
Abdal-Gülablı
Gülablı is located in Azerbaijan
Gülablı
Gülablı
Gülablı is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Gülablı
Gülablı
Coordinates: 39°52′51″N 46°56′50″E / 39.88083°N 46.94722°E / 39.88083; 46.94722
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictAghdam
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
306
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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Gülablı was part of the Shusha Uyezd of Elisabethpol Governorate during the Russian Empire. According to 1886 census data, there were 250 homes and 1,412 Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census) of the Shiite branch of Islam in Gülablı.[3] According to the 1912 "Caucasian Calendar", the village of Gülablı was home to 2,211 people, the majority of whom were Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census).[4]

Gülablı was part of the village council of the same name in the Aghdam District of the Azerbaijan SSR during the early Soviet period in 1933. The village had 421 farms and a total population of 1,835 people. The population of the village council, which also included the village of Abdal, was 100 percent Azerbaijani.[5]

The village had 1,351 residents in 1981. Its residents' main occupations were monoculture, animal husbandry, and sericulture. There was a middle school, a club, a library, a mosque, a medical center, and a communication department in the village.[6]

During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, on 4 September 1992, Armenian forces occupied the village, forcing the Azerbaijani population to flee. It was later incorporated into the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Martuni Province, where it was known as Vazgenashen (Armenian: Վազգենաշեն). A UAV was reportedly shot down over the village on 12 September 2011 by the Artsakh Defence Army.[7] Artsakh stated that the UAV belonged to Azerbaijan, while Azerbaijan denied this, stating that the UAV was operated by Israel and was making reconnaissance flights from Armenia to spy on Iran.[8] Gülablı was returned to Azerbaijan on 20 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.

Historical heritage sites

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Among the historical heritage sites in and around the village are kurgans from the Late Bronze and Early Iron Age.[9]

Demographics

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Year Population Ethnic composition Source
1886 1,412 100% Tatars (i.e. Azerbaijanis) Transcaucasian Statistical Committee[3]
1912 2,211 Mainly Tatars Caucasian Calendar[4]
1933 1,835 100% Azerbaijanis Statistics of Azerbaijan SSR[5]
1981 1,351 Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia[6]
4 September 1992: Occupation of Gülablı. Expulsion of Azerbaijani population
2005 226 ~100% Armenians NKR census[10]
2015 306 ~100% Armenians NKR estimate[1]

Notable natives

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ a b c d ""Bir kəndin məşhurları" - Ağdamın Abdal-Gülablı kəndinin tanınmışları". modern.az. 24 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказскаго края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г. Tiflis: Transcaucasian Statistical Committee. 1893. p. 276.
  4. ^ a b Кавказский календарь на 1912 год [Caucasian calendar for 1912] (in Russian) (67th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1912. p. 146. Archived from the original on 11 December 2021.
  5. ^ a b Административное деление АССР [Administrative divisions of the ASSR] (in Russian). AzUNKHU. 1933. p. 5.
  6. ^ a b "ҜҮЛАБЛЫ". Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia. Vol. 6. Baku. 1982. p. 116.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ^ Armenian Reporter (16 September 2011). "Armenia: Military Downed Drone Plane Operated By Azerbaijani Armed Forces". Eurasia Review. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  8. ^ Kucera, Joshua (20 September 2011). "Azerbaijani Media: That Drone Wasn't Ours -- It Was Israel's!". Eurasianet. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası ərazisində dövlət mühafizəsinə götürülmüş daşınmaz tarix və mədəniyyət abidələrinin əhəmiyyət dərəcələrinə görə bölgüsünün təsdiq edilməsi haqqında" [On approval of the distribution of immovable historical and cultural monuments taken under state protection in the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan according to their degree of importance]. Cabinet of Azerbaijan (in Azerbaijani). 2 August 2001. Archived from the original on 28 September 2013.
  10. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  11. ^ "Valeh və Zərnigar". Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Pirimov Qurban Baxşəli oğlu". Azerbaijan State News Agency (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 26 June 2022.
  13. ^ "Əslən azərbaycanlı olan rusiyalı filosof Heydər Camal vəfat edib". musavat.com. 5 December 2016.
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