Hin Shen / Kichik Galadarasi | |
Native Name: | Հին Շեն / Kiçik Qaladərəsi |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Shusha |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2015 |
Population Total: | 190 |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.6372°N 46.6028°W |
Hin Shen (Armenian: Հին Շեն, also, Armenian: Հինշեն) or Kichik Galadarasi (Azerbaijani: Kiçik Qaladərəsi) is a village in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
The village was known as Kirov (Russian: Киров) during the Soviet period,[4] and is also known as Koynashen.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the medieval caravanserai of Pulen Glukh (Armenian: Փուլեն Գլուխ), a church built in 1658, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,).[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a school, and a medical centre.[1]
The village had 176 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 190 inhabitants in 2015.[1]