Zarıslı Explained

Official Name:Zarysly / Zarist
Native Name:Zarıslı / Զառիստ
Pushpin Map:Azerbaijan
Subdivision Type2:Country
Subdivision Type3: District
Subdivision Name3:Shusha
Utc Offset:+4
Coordinates:39.7172°N 46.6761°W

Zarysly (Azerbaijani: Zarıslı) or Zarist (Armenian: Զառիստ<ref>[http://www.nayiri.com/imagedDictionaryBrowser.jsp?dictionaryId=61&dt=HY_HY&query=%D5%A6%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF Tadevos Hakobyan, Dictionary of Toponyms of Armenia and Adjacent Territories]</ref>) is a village in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan.[1] The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to their exodus during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]

One of the observation posts of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh in the context of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement is located near the village.[3] Prior to 2023, the village controlled by the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its claimed the Shushi Province.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: İnzibati ərazi bölgüsü təsnifatı . https://web.archive.org/web/20200416203250/https://www.stat.gov.az/menu/5/source/Inzibati_tes.pdf . 2020-04-16 . Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dövlət Statistika Komitəsi . 2019 . stat.gov.az . 2021-08-18 . az.
  2. Web site: Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война . Андрей Зубов . drugoivzgliad.com .
  3. Web site: Russian peacekeepers' outposts, headquarters deployed to Karabakh - defense ministry. 2020-11-15. TASS.