Yukhari Askipara

Yukhari Askipara (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Əskipara, lit. 'Upper Askipara', Armenian: Վերին Ոսկեպար, lit. 'Verin Voskepar') is a destroyed Azerbaijani village in an exclave of the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, currently under control by Armenia and surrounded by the Tavush Province of Armenia. The exclave has been under control by Armenian forces since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War which also included fighting in Qazakh. Today, the village is destroyed with only the foundations and some lower portions of the houses remaining.[1]

Yuxarı Əskipara
The fortress at Upper Askipara
Yuxarı Əskipara
Coordinates: 41°03′58″N 45°01′24″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Armenia (de facto)
District
Province		Qazakh (de jure)
Tavush (de facto)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

There are three medieval bridges, a fortress and the ruins of a church in the village.[2]

The village was captured by Armenians in 1990 and its Azerbaijani inhabitants (some 500 people comprising around 100 families) were expelled, becoming IDPs in other villages of Azerbaijan's Qazax district.[3] The village is now administered as part of Tavush Province of Armenia.[4]

Notable people

Locally born Firudin Musayev rose from a peasant background to become a brigadier, then state farm director before becoming a deputy of the 8th convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.[3]

References
  1. Kiesling, Brady; Raffi Kojian (2001). Rediscovering Armenia: an archaeological/touristic gazetteer and map set for the historical monuments of Armenia. Tigran Mets. p. 69. ISBN 9993052280.
  2. Karapetyan, Samvel (2004). Northern Artsakh. Yerevan: RAA. ISBN 5-8080-0566-3.
  3. "Əskipara: illərin məsafəsində". MEYDAN.TV (in Azerbaijani). 2014-04-18. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  4. АРМЕНИЯ – АЗЕРБАЙДЖАН: ЭТО УЖЕ ПРОСТО ВОЙНА. Vlasts (in Russian). 20 August 1990.
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