Avetaranots () or Chanakhchi (; ) is a village in the

Khojaly District Khojaly District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country in the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Kalbajar, Lachin, Shusha, Agdam and Khojavend. Its capital and larg ...

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, in the region of

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. The village had an ethnic

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian diaspora, Armenian communities around the ...

-majority population prior to the

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, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. Prior to 2020, the village was controlled by the

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh ( ), officially the Republic of Artsakh or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh ( ), was a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Between 1991 and 2023, Artsakh cont ...

History

The village is the birthplace of Valerian Madatov (1782–1829), an Armenian

melik Мelik (, from ) was a hereditary Armenian noble title used in Eastern Armenia from the Late Middle Ages until the nineteenth century. The meliks represented some of the last remnants of the old Armenian nobility, as well as Persian nobility ...

(prince) in the Principality of Varanda, and later lieutenant general of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire that spanned most of northern Eurasia from its establishment in November 1721 until the proclamation of the Russian Republic in September 1917. At its height in the late 19th century, it covered about , roughl ...

. During the

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period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was an Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union, autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its capital was the city of Stepanakert. The majori ...

. The village was administrated by the breakaway

as part of its

Askeran Province Askeran Province () was a province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, ''de jure'' part of the Khojaly District of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It was in the center of Artsakh, surrounding the capital, Stepanakert. It was notable for containin ...

after the

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. The village was captured by Azerbaijani forces on 9 November 2020, during the

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd–1st millennia BCE, a 12th/13th-century

khachkar A ''khachkar'' (also spelled as ''khatchkar'') or Armenian cross-stone (, , խաչ ''xačʿ'' "cross" + քար ''kʿar'' "stone") is a carved, memorial stele bearing a cross, and often with additional motifs such as rosette (design), rosettes ...

, the monastery of ''Kusanats Anapat'' () built in 1616, the church of ''Surb Astvatsatsin'' (, ) built in 1651, the 17th/18th-century Chanakhchi Fortress, and a 19th-century cemetery.

Demographics

The village had 1,039 inhabitants in 2005, and 1,121 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Հայկական գորգ Մեղու (19-րդ դարի վերջ, Ավետարանոց, Ասկերանի շրջան) - Armenian carpet Meghu (end of 19th century, Avetaranots, Askeran region).jpg, 19th century Armenian carpet "Meghu" Հայկական գորգ Թռչնաբուն (19-րդ դարի վերջ, Ավետարանոց, Ասկերանի շրջան) - Armenian carpet Trchnabun (end of 19th century, Avetaranots, Askeran region).jpg, 19th century Armenian carpet "Trchnabun" raffikojian-avetaranots-133620964.jpg, Old buildings raffikojian-avetaranots-130351463.jpg, Fort raffikojian-avetaranots-130705079.jpg, Armenian memorial raffikojian-avetaranots-131425476.jpg, Kusanats Anapat Armenian Monastery raffikojian-avetaranots-130900372.jpg, Kusanats Anapat Armenian Monastery raffikojian-avetaranots-132437242.jpg, WWII Memorial raffikojian-avetaranots-125555303.jpg, Surb Astvatsatsin Armenian Church of 1651

References

External links

* Populated places in Khojaly District Former Armenian inhabited settlements {{Khojaly-geo-stub