Spitakashen (Armenian: Սպիտակաշեն; Azerbaijani: Spitakşen, lit. 'white village') is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
Spitakashen
Սպիտակաշեն Spitakşen | |
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  Spitakashen  Spitakashen | |
| Coordinates: 39°32′20″N 46°42′42″E / 39.53889°N 46.71167°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 11 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
editThe village suffered during the Armenian–Azerbaijani War in 1918-1920. According to Armenian historian Richard G. Hovannisian, at the end of November 1918, local Azerbaijanis destroyed Spitakashen and two other Armenian villages, Petrosashen and Harar, the three remaining Armenian villages between Nagorno-Karabakh and Zangezur, thus dividing the two mountainous regions.[3]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. 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 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[4]
Historical heritage sites
editHistorical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Tezkharab (Armenian: Թեզխարաբ).[5]
Demographics
editThe village had 22 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 11 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times (1997, Vol. 1), page 89
- ^ AA, Daily Sabah with (2022-08-26). "Azerbaijani forces have returned to Karabakh city Lachin: Aliyev". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
- ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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