Mədədkənd

Mədədkənd (Madadkend) or Madatashen (Armenian: Մադաթաշեն) is a village in the Khojaly 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.[2]

Madadkend / Madatashen
Mədədkənd / Մադաթաշեն
Madadkend / Madatashen
Madadkend / Madatashen
Coordinates: 39°41′54″N 46°50′34″E
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojaly
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total104
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran 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 Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Subsequently, video emerged online showing Azerbaijani forces committing a war crime by decapitating a 69-year old Armenian Genadi Petrosyan.[3][4]

References
  1. 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. Two men beheaded in videos from Nagorno-Karabakh war identified. The Guardian. 15 December 2020
  4. Zwei Zivilisten in Bergkarabach enthauptet – mutmaßlich durch aserbaidschanische Soldaten. DER SPIEGEL. 15 December 2020
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