Meysəri (also Meysary; Armenian: Մեյսարի, romanized: Meysari) is a village and municipality in the Shamakhi District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 624. The village had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.[1]
Meysəri
Մեյսարի • Meysari | |
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Municipality | |
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  Meysəri | |
| Coordinates: 40°39′57″N 48°35′11″E / 40.66583°N 48.58639°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Shamakhi |
| Population | |
• Total | 624 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
In Meysary there were two Armenian Apostolic churches: Surb Nshan and Surb Astvatsatsin.[2][3] Surb Astvatsatsin was blown up in 1972.[3]
References
edit- ^ Narine Vlasyan (2019-02-05). "Shamakhi: A Lost Dialect, a Lost Identity". evnreport.com.
- ^ The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720s and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal, 1997
- ^ a b "Azerbaijan - Shamakhi District". Research on Armenian Architecture.
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