Meshali / Lesnoy | |
Native Name: | Meşəli / Լեսնոյ |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Khojaly |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.8987°N 46.6185°W |
Meshali (az|Meşəli) or Lesnoy (hy|Լեսնոյ) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village is located in the mountains to the west of the village of Patara.
Memorial wrote about the forced exodus of the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village, along with several other Azerbaijani villages around the area during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. They emphasized the grave violence against Azerbaijani civilians in Meshali specifically.[1]