Official Name: | Skhtorashen / Shykh Dursun |
Native Name: | Սխտորաշեն / Şıx Dursun |
Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
Subdivision Type2: | Country |
Subdivision Name2: | Azerbaijan |
Subdivision Type3: | District |
Subdivision Name3: | Khojavend |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population As Of: | 2005 |
Population Total: | 19 |
Timezone: | AZT |
Utc Offset: | +4 |
Coordinates: | 39.7036°N 46.9406°W |
Skhtorashen (hy|Սխտորաշեն, also Şıxtoraşen, Skhtorasher, and Suktorashen) or Shykh Dursun (az|Şıx Dursun) is a village located in the Khojavend 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]
Near the village is a 2042 years old (as of 2022) giant Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) named Tnjri, with a circumference of 27 m and height of 54 m.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Tnjri, a 2,000-year-old Oriental Plane, the 12th/13th-century village of Mavas (hy|Մավաս), the village of Hin Skhtorashen (hy|Հին Սխտորաշեն,) from between the 15th and 19th centuries, the 17th-century monastic complex of Yerek Mankuk (hy|Երեք մանկուք) in Mavas, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին,) built in 1731.[4] [5]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. The village is part of the community of Karmir Shuka.[4]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and had 19 inhabitants in 2005.[1]