Dağdöşü

Dağdöşü (Daghdoshu, lit.'mountainside') or Tyak (Armenian: Տյաք) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is located close to the town of Hadrut. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Daghdoshu / Tyak
Dağdöşü / Տյաք
19th-century Church of St. Mashtots in the village
Daghdoshu / Tyak
Daghdoshu / Tyak
Coordinates: 39°30′18″N 47°01′51″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
  Total70
Time zoneUTC+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 and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

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