Hin Shen Explained

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]

Toponymy

The village was known as Kirov (Russian: Киров) during the Soviet period,[4] and is also known as Koynashen.

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

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]

Economy and culture

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]

Demographics

The village had 176 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 190 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com . 2020-10-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201020150302/https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ . dead .
  3. News: Sauer . Pjotr . 2 October 2023 . ‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled . en-GB . . 9 November 2023 . 0261-3077.
  4. Web site: Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military. Landmine Mapper. GigaPan.
  5. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.