Qubadli (, ) is a city in

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

and the administrative centre of the

Qubadli District Qubadli District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the East Zangezur Economic Region. The district borders the Lachin, Khojavend, Jabrayil and Zangilan districts, and ...

. It is situated along the Vorotan (Bargushad) river.

History

Qubadli was part of the

Zangezur uezd The Zangezur ''uezd'' was a county (''uezd'') of the Elizavetpol Governorate of the Russian Empire with its administrative center in Gerusy (present-day Goris) from 1868 until its formal abolition and partition between the Soviet republics of A ...

of the

Elizavetpol Governorate The Elizavetpol Governorate, also known after 1918 as the Ganja Governorate, was a province ('' guberniya'') of the Caucasus Viceroyalty of the Russian Empire, with its capital in Yelisavetpol (present-day Ganja). The area of the governorate st ...

during 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 ...

. According to 1886 census data, there were 70 homes and 326

Azerbaijanis Azerbaijanis (; , ), Azeris (, ), or Azerbaijani Turks (, ) are a Turkic peoples, Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan (Iran), Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. They are predomin ...

(classified as "Tatars" in the census) of the

Shiite Shia Islam is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that Muhammad designated Ali ibn Abi Talib () as both his political successor (caliph) and as the spiritual leader of the Muslim community (imam). However, his right is understood ...

branch of

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in Qubadli. According to the 1912 publication of the ''Caucasian Calendar'', the village of Qubadli was home to 672 people, the majority of whom were Azerbaijanis (classified as "Tatars" in the census). During the Soviet era, Qubadli was first a part of

Azerbaijan SSR The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, also referred to as the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan SSR, Azerbaijani SSR, AzSSR, Soviet Azerbaijan or simply Azerbaijan, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union be ...

Zangilan District Zangilan District () is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the south-west of the country and belongs to the East Zangezur Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Qubadli, Jabrayil, the Syunik Province of Arme ...

, then the administrative centre of the Qubadli District, and from 1923 to 1930, it was also briefly a part of its

Kurdistansky Uyezd Kurdistan Uezd, also known colloquially as Red Kurdistan, was a Soviet administrative unit within the Azerbaijan SSR that existed for six years from 1923 to 1929 and included the districts of Kalbajar, Lachin, Qubadli and part of Jabrayil. It ...

. During the early Soviet period in 1933, Qubadli was part of the village council of the same name in the Zangilan District. There were 88 farms in the village and a population of 346 people. The population of the village council, which included the villages of Gödəklər, Mahmudlu, and Qayalı, was 97.1 percent Azerbaijani. Qubadli was granted

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status in 1962 and city status on 24 July 1990. It housed an asphalt plant, a poultry factory, a

stone quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some jurisdictions to manage their safety ...

, three schools, two public libraries, a

cultural centre A cultural center or cultural centre is an organization, building or complex that promotes culture and arts. Cultural centers can be neighborhood community arts organizations, private facilities, government-sponsored, or activist-run. Africa * ...

, a movie theatre, and a hospital. The city had a population of 5,508 people, according to the Soviet Census of 1989. During the

First Nagorno-Karabakh War The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic conflict, ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nag ...

on 31 August 1993, Armenian forces occupied the village, forcing the Azerbaijani population to flee. It was later incorporated into the breakaway

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 ...

as part of its

Kashatagh Province Kashatagh Province () was a Administrative divisions of the Republic of Artsakh, province of the Republic of Artsakh. It was the largest province by area (3,376.60 km2). The population as of 2013 was 9,656. Its capital was Lachin, Berdzor. ...

, where it was known as ''Kashunik'' (), ''Sanasar'' (), and ''Vorotan'' (). Azerbaijan recaptured the city on 25 October 2020, during the

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War The Second Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict in 2020 that took place in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding occupied territories. It was a major escalation of an unresolved conflict over the region, involvi ...

Demographics

Notable natives

* Chingiz Ildyrym — People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the Azerbaijan SSR (1920). * Vasili Aliyev — National Hero of Azerbaijan *

Niyamaddin Pashayev Niyamaddin Pashayev (, born May 1, 1980, in Qubadlı, Azerbaijani SSR) is an Azerbaijani taekwondo athlete. He has won gold medals in both the European and World Taekwondo Championships The World Taekwondo Championship is held every two years ...

— Taekwando, World and European Champion *

Heydar Mammadaliyev Geidar Mamedaliyev () or Heydar Nuraddin oglu Mammadaliyev () (born April 2, 1974, in Qubadlı, Azerbaijani SSR) is a Russian wrestling, wrestler of Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani descent. He currently reside in Yekaterinburg, Russia a ...

— Wrestling, World Champion,

2004 Olympic The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

silver medalist * Shukur Hamidov — National Hero of Azerbaijan * Aliyar Aliyev — National Hero of Azerbaijan * Mais Barkhudarov —

i officer, major general of

Armed Forces of Azerbaijan The Azerbaijani Armed Forces () is the military of the Azerbaijan, Republic of Azerbaijan. It was re-established according to the country's Law of the Armed Forces on 9 October 1991. The original Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's armed forces were ...

Gallery

Qubadli sign in Qubadli, Azerbaijan.jpg, Sign at the entrance of the city File:Sanasar (Kubatli), Building, 2014.05.09 - panoramio.jpg, Ruined building in Qubadli Qubadli city 7.jpg, Aerial view of Qubadli Ruined home in the city of Qubadli.jpg Ruined home in the city of Qubadli 1.jpg Vorotan, Qubadli.jpg, Ruins of Qubadli Ruined homes near Qubadli.jpg, Ruined homes in Qubadli

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Qubadli Populated places in Qubadli District