Quşçular, Lachin Explained

Gushchular
Official Name:Azerbaijani: Quşçular
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan#East Zangezur
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type1:District
Subdivision Name1:Lachin
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2015
Population Total:36
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.5114°N 46.6319°W

Quşçular (also, Gushchular) is a former village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

History

This village existed in the locality list of Ashaghi-Farajan Selsoviet (rural council) of Lachin District in 1963,[2] but did not exist in the same list of 1968.[3] Currently this locality also does not exist in the locality list of Lachin District.[4] It may mean that this village was abolished between 1963 and 1968.

This locality was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s, subsequently becoming part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Aghavnatun (Armenian: Աղավնատուն).[5] The locality was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.[6]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include three 14th/15th-century khachkars, a 15th/16th-century khachkar, and the 15th/16th-century St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի|Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) in the neighboring village of Harar.[1] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015). Hakob Ghahramanyan.
  2. Book: Азербайджанская ССР. АДМИНИСТРАТИВНО-ТЕРРИТОРИАОТНОЕ ДЕЛЕНИЕ НА 1 ОКТЯБРЯ 1963 ГОДА. . ИЗДАНИЕ ВТОРОЕ . Баку . 1964 . Азернешр . 80.
  3. Book: AZƏRBAYCAN SSR. İNZİBATİ-ƏRAZİ BÖLGÜSÜ. 1968--ci il İYULUN 10-dək OLAN VƏZİYYƏTƏ GÖRƏ TƏRTİB EDİLMİŞDİR. . Tərtib edənlər: Melnikov S. A. və Mirzəyeva A. H. Redaktor: İsayev A. M. . ÜÇÜNCÜ NƏŞRİ . Bakı . 1968 . Azərnəşr . 62.
  4. Book: İNZİBATİ ƏRAZİ BÖLGÜSÜ TƏSNİFATI, 2019 . Təsnifat T.Y.Budaqovun rəhbərliyi ilə Y.X.Yusifov, V.H.Məmmədəlizadə, L.H.Salamzadə və F.E.Qocayev tərəfindən işlənib hazırlanmışdır. . BAKI . 2020 . AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ DÖVLƏT STATİSTİKA KOMİTƏSİ . 77–78.
  5. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Armenian. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. https://web.archive.org/web/20110302100506/http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf. 2011-03-02. 2022-12-13. live.
  6. Web site: Ilham Aliyev addressed the nation » Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic . 2024-02-23 . president.az . en.
  7. Web site: St. Stepanos Church of Harar. monumentwatch.org.