Malikjanly (Azerbaijani: Məlikcanlı) or Melikashen (Armenian: Մելիքաշեն) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Malikjanly / Melikashen
Məlikcanlı / Մելիքաշեն
The Holy Resurrection Church from 1889
The Holy Resurrection Church from 1889
Malikjanly / Melikashen is located in Azerbaijan
Malikjanly / Melikashen
Malikjanly / Melikashen
Coordinates: 39°31′35″N 47°04′47″E / 39.52639°N 47.07972°E / 39.52639; 47.07972
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
11
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

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During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 14 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war under the cease fire agreement.[2]

Historical heritage sites

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Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the Holy Resurrection Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Հարություն եկեղեցի, romanizedSurb Harutyun Yekeghetsi) built in 1889.[3]

Demographics

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The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.[4] Prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, it also had an Armenian majority with 14 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 11 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ "Президент: Азербайджанская Армия освободила еще 8 сел". Информационное Агентство Репорт (in Russian). 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  3. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  4. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  5. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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