Axullu Explained

Akhullu / Hartashen
Native Name:Axullu / Հարթաշեն
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#Karabakh
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Khojavend
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:91
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.5667°N 47.0922°W

Akhullu (Azerbaijani: Axullu; Armenian: Հախլլու|Hakhlu) or Hartashen (Armenian: Հարթաշեն) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their expulsion during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Before the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the village was inhabited by about 600 Azerbaijanis. On 8 January 1992, the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village were forced to leave Akhullu due to shelling by the Armenian forces.[3] During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village came under the control of Armenian forces, on 2 October 1992.[4] After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries.[1]

Demographics

The village had about 600 inhabitants, mostly Azerbaijani, during the Soviet period. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village were forced to leave the village. 101 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 91 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Ваган Арутюнян. События в Нагорном Карабахе: январь—декабрь 1990 г.. Ереван, Изд. АН Армянской ССР, 1993.
  3. Book: Bloodshed in the Caucasus: Escalation of the Armed Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. 1992 . Human Rights Watch . 28 . 978-1564320810. https://web.archive.org/web/20211218164900/https://www.hrw.org/reports/1992%20Bloodshed%20in%20Cauc%20-%20Escalation%20in%20NK.pdf. 2021-12-18.
  4. Web site: Azerbaijan Development Gateway . 2019-02-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081114100250/http://www.gateway.az/cgi-bin/cl2_gw/browse.cgi?lang=en&topic=000e2b . 2008-11-14 . dead .
  5. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.