Shahumyan Province
Shahumyan
Շահումյան | |
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Capital | 1991–1992 — Shahumyan 1993—2020 — Karvachar |
Area | |
• Total | 1,830 km2 (710 sq mi) |
• Rank | Ranked 3rd |
Population (2013) | |
• Total | 3,521 |
• Rank | Ranked 8th |
• Density | 1.9/km2 (5.0/sq mi) |
Shahumyan Province (
The western part of the province, corresponding to the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan, was controlled by Artsakh from 1993 to 2020, while the northern part, originally the Shahumyan District of the Azerbaijani SSR (now part of the Goranboy District), remained under Azerbaijani control from 1992 but was claimed by Artsakh. The Shahumyan District was located outside of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, but prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, its population was mostly Armenian and was expelled during Operation Ring in 1991. While the Shahumyan region was not part of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, representatives from Shahumyan declared independence along with the oblast, and the proclamation of Artsakh includes the Shahumyan region within its borders.[1]
History
In antiquity the territory was a part of the province of
During Soviet times the area was a part of the Azerbaijan SSR and was renamed Shahumyan (Shaumyanovksy raion in Russian) after the Armenian
In the spring/summer of 1991, Soviet general secretary Mikhail Gorbachev ordered Operation Ring[3] in which the Soviet Red Army and Azerbaijani OMON surrounded some of the area's Armenian villages (as well as Getashen and Martunashen in the neighboring Khanlar District of the Azerbaijan SSR) and deported their inhabitants to Armenia.[citation needed]
Approximately 17,000 Armenians living in Shahumyan's 23 villages were deported from the region.[4][5] The operation involved ground troops, military, armored vehicles and artillery.[6] The deportations of Armenian civilians were carried out with gross human rights violations documented by international human rights organizations.[7][8][9] Armenian forces recaptured most of Shahumyan in fall 1991, and the region was included in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic when it declared its independence in December 1991.[1] However, Armenian forces lost control of Shahumyan in summer 1992 after an Azerbaijani offensive.[10]
The town of Shahumyan was subsequently renamed to
Armenian forces captured the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan in 1993 and administered it as a part of Shahumyan Province.
As part of an
Towns in Soviet Shahumyan and Getashen
Armenians constituted 73.2% of the population of the Shahumyan District of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1979,
Shahumyan district
City/town/village | In Armenian | Population | Control | Image |
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Başqışlaq (Azerbaijani majority) | Azerbaijan | |||
Buzluk | Բուզլուկ | Azerbaijan | ||
Erkej | Էրքեջ | Azerbaijan | ||
Gürzallar (Azerbaijani majority) | Azerbaijan | |||
Gyulistan | Գյուլիստան | Azerbaijan | ||
Hay Borisner | Հայ Բորիսներ | Azerbaijan | ||
Karachinar | Կարաչինար | Azerbaijan | ||
Kharkhaput | Խարխապուտ | Azerbaijan | ||
Menashen | Մենաշեն | Azerbaijan | ||
Rus Borisi | Azerbaijan | |||
Shafak | Շաֆակ | Azerbaijan | ||
Shahumyan | Շահումյան | Azerbaijan | ||
Todan (Azerbaijani majority) | Azerbaijan | |||
Verinshen | Վերինշեն | Azerbaijan | ||
Zeiva (Azerbaijani majority) | Azerbaijan |
Getashen subdistrict
City/town/village | In Armenian | Population | Control | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Azat | Ազատ | Azerbaijan | ||
Getashen | Գետաշեն | Azerbaijan | ||
Kamo | Կամո | Azerbaijan | ||
Kushchi-Armavir | Կուշչի Արմավիր | Azerbaijan | ||
Martunashen | Մարտունաշեն | Azerbaijan | ||
Sarısu (Azerbaijani majority) | Azerbaijan |
External links
References
- ^ a b [1] Archived 3 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Raffi. Melikdoms of Khamsa.
- ^ Karabagh Massacres Chronicle
- ISBN 1-85043-635-5.
- ^ Mutalibov stated in this regard, "Я помню, как мы в свое время с помощью русских смогли очистить от армян около 30 сел вокруг Гянджи... Мы были близки даже к освобождению всего Карабаха, но внутренние распри, разногласия, междоусобицы свели на нет наши старания" (I remember how we with the help of Russians managed to cleanse from Armenians 30 villages around Ganja… we were even close to the liberation of the whole Karabakh but our inner disagreements diminished our efforts). 1news.az 18 Nov. 2008 Аяз Муталибов: "Если мы с Москвой будем говорить четко, я думаю, мы сможем завоевать ее расположение по Карабахской проблеме"
- ISBN 978-0275962418.
- ^ Human Rights Watch. Bloodshed in the Caucucasus. Escalation of the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. 1992 p. 9
- ^ Report by Professor Richard Wilson "On the Visit to the Armenian-Azerbaijani Border, May 25–29, 1991" Presented to the First International Sakharov Conference on Physics, Lebedev Institute, Moscow on May 31, 1991.
- ^ "Отчет Дж. Томаса Бертранда о поездке в село Атерк Мардакертского района Нагорного Карабаха - KarabakhRecords". karabakhrecords.info. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013.
- ^ De Waal. Black Garden, p. 122.
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- ^ "Azerbaijanis celebrate Karabakh deal". aa.com.tr. Anadolu Agency. 10 November 2020.
- ^ https://www.rbc.ru/politics/15/11/2020/5fb109bc9a7947ef26504eb6 Azerbaijan gives Armenia postponement for withdrawal of troops from Kalbajar (Language: Russian)
- ^ "Azerbaijani Forces Reclaim Second District From Armenians Under Nagorno-Karabakh Truce".
- ^ "население азербайджана". www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...)". iriston.com.