Shushikend (Armenian: Շուշիքենդ; Azerbaijani: Şuşikənd), Shushakend (Azerbaijani: Şuşakənd), or Shosh (Armenian: Շոշ) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
Shushikend / Shosh Շուշիքենդ / Շոշ Şuşikənd • Şuşakənd | |
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Shushikend / Shosh | |
Coordinates: 39°46′12″N 46°47′05″E / 39.77000°N 46.78472°ECoordinates: 39°46′12″N 46°47′05″E / 39.77000°N 46.78472°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan (de jure) Artsakh (de facto) |
DistrictProvince | Khojaly (de jure) Askeran (de facto) |
Elevation | 1,024 m (3,360 ft) |
Population (2015) [1] | |
• Total | 641 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AMT) |
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The village has been administered by the Republic of Artsakh since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, five Armenian families displaced from Gulably (Vazgenashen) settled in the village, as well as in Khojaly (Ivanyan).[3][4]
Religious sites
There are three Armenian churches in the village, 19th-century St. Astvatsatsin Church in the village centre, St. Stepanos Church built in 1655 on the village cemetery grounds, and above the village on a hill in the north, there is a church with an adjacent cemetery with khachkars. The 19th-century Karmir Taran chapel is also located in the village.[5][1][6]
Economy and culture
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and cattle breeding. The village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a medical center and a secondary school.[1]
Demographics
The village had 544 inhabitants in 2005,[7] and 641 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Notable people
- Arsen Terteryan (1882-1953) – Armenian Soviet scientist and writer
Gallery
World War II memorial wall
Municipality building
School
Medical center
A view of the village
References
- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ Մարտունու շրջանի Վազգենաշեն համայնքը նույնպես անցել է Ադրբեջանին
- ^ Մարտունու շրջանի Վազգենաշեն համայնքը նույնպես անցել է Ադրբեջանի վերահսկողության ներքո
- ^ Mkrtchyan, Shahen. Historical-Architectural Monuments of Nagorno Karabagh. Yerevan, 1989. (Շահեն Մկրտչյան, «Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի պատմաճարտարապետական հուշարձանները»)
- ^ 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.
External links
- Shushikend at GEOnet Names Server
- A short documentary about the village on YouTube