Garadaghly (Azerbaijani: Qaradağlı) or Varanda (Armenian: Վարանդա) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]
Garadaghly / Varanda
Qaradağlı / Վարանդա | |
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  Garadaghly / Varanda  Garadaghly / Varanda | |
| Coordinates: 39°47′49″N 46°58′32″E / 39.79694°N 46.97556°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
| • Total | 110 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editDuring the Soviet period, the village was part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
In early February 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenian forces captured the village as well as the villages of Malibeyli and Aghdaban. Their inhabitants were expelled, resulting in the death of at least 99 civilians and 140 injuries.[3] The attack on the village resulted in the deaths of more than 20 people and the injuries of 15 others.[4] According to the State Commission [sic] of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Prisoners of War, Hostages, and Missing Persons, 26 citizens of Azerbaijan have been reported missing since Armenian forces captured the village.[5]
Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village has been administrated as part of the Martuni Province of the Republic of Artsakh.
Economy and culture
editThe population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]
Demographics
editAccording to the 1910 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, Garadaghly had 500 inhabitants in 1908, the majority of whom were Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis),[6] the village also had an Azerbaijani majority in 1989.[2] Azerbaijani IDPs from the village mostly settled in the Beylagan District of Azerbaijan.[7] The village was settled by Armenians after the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
In the present-day, the village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, with 70 inhabitants in 2005,[8] and 110 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ a b Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ Cornell, Svante (2001). Small nations and great powers: a study of ethnopolitical conflict in the Caucasus. Psychology Press. p. 81. ISBN 0700711627.
From early February onwards, the Azeri villages of Malybeili, Karadagly, and Agdaban were conquered and their population evicted, leading to at least 99 civilian deaths and 140 wounded.
- ^ "20 Killed in Attack on Azerbaijani Village". Deseret News. 1992-02-17. Archived from the original on 2022-04-03. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ "State Commission of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Prisoners of War, Hostages and Missing Persons". www.human.gov.az. Archived from the original on 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2022-06-20.
- ^ Кавказский календарь на 1910 год [Caucasian calendar for 1910] (in Russian) (65th ed.). Tiflis: Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom. 1910. p. 211. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Прошло 28 лет со дня трагедии в Гарадаглы". azertag.az. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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