Artsvashen
- For the veelage in Tartar Rayon, Azerbaijan, see Seysulan.
Artsvashen (Armenie: Արծվաշեն; Azerbaijani: Başkənd), Romanisit as Artzvashen an aw, is an exclave o Armenie's Gegharkunik province which haes been controlled bi the Azerbaijani airmy syne 1992.[1] The offeecial Azerbaijani name for the veelage is Bashkand.[2] Its size is aboot 40 square kilometres, an it is completely surroondit bi the territory o Azerbaijan an haes been controlled bi it syne the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Theday, the veelage is maistly inhabitit bi Azeris as the Azerbaijani airmy expelled its Armenie population efter it seizit the territory.[3] It is nou pairt o Gadabay Rayon.
Artsvashen Արծվաշեն | |
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  Artsvashen Արծվաշեն | |
| Coordinates: 40°38′46″N 45°30′56″E / 40.64611°N 45.51556°E | |
| Kintra | Armenie |
| Province | Gegharkunik |
| Founded | 1845 |
History
eeditIn Mey 1991, the Armenie Interior Meenistry reportit that residents o Artsvashen avertit an airmy occupation bi surrenderin thair airms.[4] Accordin tae New York Times, in 1992 Azerbaijani side annooncit that airmit forces haed "leeberatit" the toun, destroyin enemy tanks an weaponry an killin 300 Armenie "brigands", while Armenie reports mentioned nae deid but said 29 fowk wur "missin athout trace."[5]
Accusin Azerbaijan o muntin an "undeclared war," Armenie Preses Levon Ter-Petrosyan sent a telegram tae leaders o the Commonwalth o Unthirlt States sayin that "aggression haes been committit against a state that is a memmer o the C.I.S. an the seestem o collective security".[5]
Famous natives
eedit- Aramais Sahakyan, Armenie poet
- Saribek Chilingaryan, a Hero o Soviet Union
References
eedit- ↑ Azerbaijan, by Human Rights Watch/Helsinki Org., 1994
- ↑ [1][dubious ]
- ↑ Azerbaijan Seven Years of Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Christopher Panico, Human Rights Watch, Jemera Rone (1994), p.92
- ↑ Soviet Army Is Reported to Attack And Occupy 2 Armenian Villages, New York Times, May 10, 1991
- ↑ a b Armenia Seeks Help in Fighting Azerbaijan, New York Times, August 10, 1992
- Artsvashen at GEOnet Names Server
- Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie
- Kiesling, Brady (2005), Rediscovering Armenia: Guide, Yerevan, Armenie: Matit Graphic Design Studio
- Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 49; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.