Karmir Shuka Explained

Official Name:Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar
Native Name:Կարմիր Շուկա / Qırmızı Bazar
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:1113
Timezone:AZT
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.6758°N 46.9486°W

Karmir Shuka (Armenian: Կարմիր Շուկա) or Girmizi Bazar (Azerbaijani: Qırmızı Bazar) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Etymology

The name of the village was Krasny Bazar (Russian: Красный Базар) during the Soviet Union, meaning "Red Market" in Russian. The Armenian name, and the Azerbaijani rendering, also mean "Red Market".[3]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Tnjri, a 2,000-year-old Oriental Plane, the 12th/13th-century village of Mavas (Armenian: Մավաս), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 18th centuries, the 17th-century monastic complex of Yerek Mankuk (Armenian: Երեք մանկուք) in Mavas, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին,) built in 1731 near the nearby village of Skhtorashen, and the 18th-century St. George's Chapel Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ մատուռ-եկեղեցի|Surb Gevorg Matur-Yekeghetsi).[1] [4]

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 secondary school, a kindergarten, eight shops, and a medical centre. The community of Karmir Shuka includes the village of Skhtorashen.[1]

Demographics

The village had 926 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 1,113 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 .
  3. Encyclopedia: Everett-Heath . John . Gyrmyzy Bazar . The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names . 2020 . Oxford University Press . 978-0191905636 . 6.
  4. Book: Kiesling. Brady. Raffi. Kojian. 2019. Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh. 3rd. Armeniapedia Publishing.
  5. Web site: The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.