Karmrakuch
Karmrakuch (Armenian: Կարմրակուճ) or Gyrmyzygaya (Azerbaijani: Qırmızıqaya)[3] is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[4]
Karmrakuch / Gyrmyzygaya
Կարմրակուճ / Qırmızıqaya | |
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Coordinates: 39°32′21″N 47°01′20″E | |
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District | Khojavend |
Population (2015)[2] | |
• Total | 145 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in August 1993 and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan in 14 October 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
References
- "Արցախի տարածքները համարվում են օկուպացված Ադրբեջանի կողմից. ԱՀ ԱԺ հայտարարությունը" [The territories of the Artsakh Republic, which are under the control of Azerbaijan so far, are considered to be occupied by the Republic of Azerbaijan]. armenpress.am (in Armenian). 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- "Президент: Азербайджанская Армия освободила еще 8 сел".
- Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
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