Taghaser (; ) is a village in the

Khojavend District Khojavend District () is one of the 66 Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan, districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country in the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Lachin District, Lachin, Shush ...

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, in the

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region of

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. The village is located close to the town of

Hadrut Hadrut (, ) is a town in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The town had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Numerous Armenian civilians were killed in and around H ...

. The village had an ethnic

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-majority population prior to the

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, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.

Toponymy

The name ''Taghaser'' derives from two Armenian words, ''Tagh'', meaning quarter (of a city), and ''Ser'', meaning vertex.

History

During the

Soviet The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

period, the village was part of the Hadrut 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 ...

. After 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 ...

, the village was administrated as part of the

Hadrut Province Hadrut Province () was a province of the Republic of Artsakh. The provincial capital was Hadrut city. The last governor was Valery Gevorkian. The province was captured by the armed forces of the Republic of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Ka ...

of 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 ...

. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 14 October 2020, during the

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 14th/15th-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 church of ''Taghaseri Anapat'' () built in 1635, the bridge of ''Hin Taghaser'' (, ) built in 1763, the 17th-century church of ''Surb Astvatsatsin'' (, ), the 17th-century village of ''Hin Shen'' (), a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 20th-century

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monument.

Demographics

The village had 491 inhabitants in 2005, and 434 inhabitants in 2015.

Gallery

Կամուրջ հին Թաղասեռ,1763թ․ ,bridge old Taghaser.jpg, Hin Taghaser Bridge built in 1763 Եկեղեցի Ս․ Անապատ․ St․ Anapat.jpg, Taghaseri Anapat Church built in 1635 Արցախյան ազատամարտում զոհվածների հիշատակին նվիրված խաչքար.jpg, Memorial to the fallen in the

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is an ethnic and territorial conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, inhabited mostly by ethnic Armenians until 2023, and seven surrounding districts, inhabited mostly by Azerbai ...

References

External links

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