Çaylaqqala

Coordinates: 39°32′45″N 46°46′15″E / 39.54583°N 46.77083°E / 39.54583; 46.77083
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Chaylaggala / Khtsaberd
Çaylaqqala / Խծաբերդ
UTC+4 (AZT
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Chaylaggala (

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

History

The village was collectivized in 1932, and electricity was brought to it in 1962. 155 residents of the village fought in World War II, of which 84 died. There is a World War II memorial in the village to honour the dead.[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, together with

Clashes erupted around the Armenian holdout pocket despite the ceasefire agreement, and it was reported that the villages were captured by Azerbaijan on 12 December, with some clashes continuing in the area.[5][6] Russian peacekeepers arrived to the area on 13 December 2020. Subsequently, it was reported that the villages came under Azerbaijani control as Russian peacekeepers removed the area from their map of responsibility on 14 December 2020.[7][8]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 16th/17th-century church of Yeghtsan Dzor (Armenian: Եղցան ձոր), a 16th/17th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, a 19th-century watermill,[1] and a simple Armenian church that was built in 1836, which was semi-ruined by 1990.[3]

Demographics

In 1987, there were 52 households with 154 inhabitants, all of them Armenian.[3]

The village had 143 inhabitants in 2005,[9] and 120 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ .
  4. ^ CIVILNET - A Piece of Hadrut Remains Armenian
  5. ^ President Sarkissian Says Government Has Not ‘Provided Satisfactory Explanation’ About Attacks on Hadrut
  6. ^ Azerbaijan Says Four Soldiers Killed Amid Cease-Fire Violations In Nagorno-Karabakh
  7. ^ "Армения и Азербайджан развязали войну трактовок". kommersant.ru (in Russian). Kommersant. 16 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Hadrutun iki kəndi yenidən Azərbaycanın nəzarətindədir". bbc.com/azeri (in Azerbaijani). BBC Azeri service. 13 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
  9. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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