Gülüstan or Gulistan (; ultimately from

Persian Persian may refer to: * People and things from Iran, historically called ''Persia'' in the English language ** Persians, the majority ethnic group in Iran, not to be conflated with the Iranic peoples ** Persian language, an Iranian language of the ...

'rose garden') is a village in the

Goranboy District Goranboy District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country in the Ganja-Dashkasan Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Kalbajar, Tartar, Yevlakh, Samukh, and Goygol. Its capital ...

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. It is a part of the municipality of

Buzluq Buzluq (, ; ) is a village and municipality in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the villages of Buzluq, Gülüstan, Goranboy, Gülüstan, and Başqışlaq. The village had an Armenian majority prior to the First Na ...

. The village had an Armenian majority prior to the

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and

Operation Ring Operation Ring (; , ), known in Azerbaijan as Operation Chaykand () was the codename for the May 1991 military operation conducted by the Soviet Army, Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union), Ministry of Internal Af ...

. The village is currently uninhabited since Operation Ring.

Geography

The village is located on an elongated hilltop in a forested area on the northern side of the Murov/Mrav mountain range, on the right bank of the Injachay () River.

History

Between the 16th and the 18th century, the fortress of Gulistan (3 km from the village) was one of the seats (the other was Talish) of the Principality of Gulistan ruled by the Armenian Melik Beglarian family, one of the Five Melikdoms of Karabakh. A ruined church dating to 1659 and another newer church were located in the village. A monastery called (Holy Savior) was located in the vicinity of the village. Gülüstan is historically significant as the village near the site where the

Treaty of Gulistan The Treaty of Gulistan (also spelled Golestan: ; ) was a peace treaty concluded between the Russian Empire and Qajar Iran on 24 October 1813 in the village of Gülüstan, Goranboy, Gulistan (now in Goranboy District, the Goranboy District of Azerb ...

was signed between the

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and

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on 12 October 1813, concluding the nine-year-long Russo-Persian War. According to the agreement, Qajar Iran was forced to recognize Russian rule over territories north of

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(i.e. the present-day territory of

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, Eastern Georgia, Northern

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and most of present-day

without

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) with the exception of the Khanates of

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and Nakhchivan. In the

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times, the village was part of the Shaumian District, an administrative unit outside 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 ...

with an ethnic Armenian majority. Until 1992, the village was inhabited by ethnic

Armenians Armenians (, ) are an ethnic group indigenous to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.Robert Hewsen, Hewsen, Robert H. "The Geography of Armenia" in ''The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times Volume I: The Dynastic Periods: From Antiq ...

, who fled when it was captured by Azerbaijani forces during Operation Goranboy. The Shaumian District was then incorporated into the Goranboy District. On 3 March 1992, an Armenian transport helicopter Mi-26 carrying around 50 women and children from Gülüstan on board was shot down with a

MANPADS Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable shoulder-launched surface-to-air missiles. They are guided weapons and are a threat to low-flying aircraft, especially helicopters and also used against low-flying cruise missi ...

rocket fired from Azerbaijan-controlled territory, killing 16 people. Notable natives of the village include Garegin Balayan (1912–1943, Hero of the Soviet Union)"Навечно в строю": Гарегин Шегиевич Балаян
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Shahen Meghrian Shahen Zinavori Meghrian (; 2 January 1952 – 17 April 1993) was an Armenian military commander and political activist.

(1952–1993, NKR military commander of Shahumyan region).Shahen Meghrian // Aravot Daily, 17.04.2008
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gulustan, Goranboy Populated places in Goranboy District

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