Çərəkən Explained

39.4114°N 47.065°W

Official Name:Çərəkən
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Jabrayil
Population Total:0
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.4114°N 47.065°W

Çərəkən is a village in Horovlu administrative-territorial unit of Jabrayil district,[1] Azerbaijan, located on a plain, 3 km northeast of the city of Jabrayil.[2] [3]

Etymology

Village's name is derived from the words "chara" (Azerb. Çərə), meaning “pasture” and "kand (Azerb. kənd), meaning “village”. Thus, oikonym means “a village founded on a pasture site”. The sound "d" was subsequently omitted from the name of the village.

History

The village was founded in an area called "chere".

During the years of the Russian Empire, the village of Charakanlu (Charakan) was part of Jabrayil district (later - Karyagin) of Elizavetpol province.

During the Soviet years, the village was part of Jabrayil district of Azerbaijan SSR. The village was captured by Armenian forces in the First Karabakh War and was destroyed.[4]

On the evening of 4 October 2020, on AzTV, the state television channel, in a life transmission, the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, in an address to the people, stated that the Azerbaijani Army liberated nine villages of the Jabrayil district: Karkhulu, Shukurbayli, Charakan, Dashkesen, Horovlu, Mahmudlu, Jafarabad, Yukhary-Maralyan and Dajal.[5] [6]

The BBC reported that all liberated villages, according to Azerbaijan, in the south, judging by satellite images, lie in ruins and have been completely or almost completely abandoned since the Azerbaijani population left them in the early 1990s to escape the advancing Armenians.[7]

On 21 October 2020, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence published a video footage showing the village of Charakan under Azerbaijani control.[8]

Population

According to the “Code of statistical data of the Transcaucasian region population, extracted from the family lists of 1886”, in the village of Charakanlu, Hajyly rural district there were 38 dym and 165 residents Azerbaijanis (listed as “Tatars”), who were Sunni by religion and peasants.[9]

According to the “Caucasian Calendar” of 1912, 309 people lived in the village of Charakan, Karyagin district, mostly Azerbaijanis, indicated in the calendar as “Tatars”.[10]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 . Azərbaycan Respublikasının dövlət standartı. İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı . https://web.archive.org/web/20200416203250/https://www.stat.gov.az/menu/5/source/Inzibati_tes.pdf . 2020-04-16 . 2021-06-24 . stat.gov.az . The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan . 40 . az.
  2. Web site: Azerbaijan Development Gateway . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081114101206/http://gateway.az/cgi-bin/cl2_gw/browse.cgi?lang=en&topic=000e23 . 2008-11-14 . 2019-02-10.
  3. Book: Azərbaycan toponimlərinin ensiklopedik lüğəti . 2007 . Şərq-Qərb . 978-9952-34-156-0 . II . Baku . 136 . az . 2024-02-06 . 2021-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210731092724/http://lib.az/book/85/show . live .
  4. Web site: 2023-05-16 . Cəbrayıl rayonunun Çərəkən kəndi . 2024-02-06 . Azerbaijan State News Agency . 2024-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240206105409/https://azertag.az/xeber/cebrayil_rayonunun_chereken_kendi__foto-2618528 . live .
  5. Web site: 2020-10-04 . “Cəbrayıl şəhəri və rayonun 9 kəndi işğaldan azad edilib” — Prezident . 2024-01-27 . Qafqazinfo . az . 2020-10-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009032303/https://qafqazinfo.az/news/detail/cebrayilin-9-kendi-isgaldan-azad-edilib-300573 . live .
  6. Web site: 2020-10-04 . Cəbrayılın işğaldan azad edilən 9 kəndi . 2024-01-27 . Report İnformasiya Agentliyi . az . 2024-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240127083405/https://report.az/qarabag/cebrayilin-9-kendi-isgaldan-azad-olunub/ . live .
  7. News: Война в Карабахе, первая неделя: новая роль Турции и решимость Азербайджана. ВВС. 2020-10-04. 2020-10-27. 2020-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20201103110826/https://www.bbc.com/russian/news-54411929. live. ru.
  8. Web site: Cəbrayıl rayonunun işğaldan azad olunan Çərəkən kəndi - VİDEO . 2024-02-06 . AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI MÜDAFİƏ NAZİRLİYİ . az . 2024-02-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240206105532/https://mod.gov.az/az/news/cebrayil-rayonunun-isgaldan-azad-olunan-cereken-kendi-video-33154.html . live .
  9. Book: Свод статистических данных о населении Закавказского края, извлеченных из посемейных списков 1886 г. . 1893 . Tiflis . 234 . 2024-02-06 . 2021-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211211105709/https://rusneb.ru/catalog/000199_000009_005403186/ . live .
  10. Book: Kavkazskiy kalendar . Канцелярия Кавказского Наместника . 1911 . Tiflis . 223 . ru . 2024-02-06 . 2022-01-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220131032848/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417316 . live .

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