Yeraskh ( hy, Երասխ, formerly, Arazdayan) is a village in the
Ararat Province
Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat.
The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan A ...
of
Armenia
Armenia (), , group=pron officially the Republic of Armenia,, is a landlocked country in the Armenian Highlands of Western Asia.The UNbr>classification of world regions places Armenia in Western Asia; the CIA World Factbook , , and ...
. Yeraskh is the closest Armenian village to the
closed border with Azerbaijan. The settlement is adjacent to
Heydarabad, Azerbaijan
Heydarabad ( az, Heydərabad) is a settlement and the capital of the Sadarak District of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. It borders Armenia and before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War had road and rail connections with the Armenian ...
across the border, is beside
European route E99
The European route E99 or E99 is a European road running from Dəmirçi, Azerbaijan to Akçakale in Turkey on Syrian border.
Route
*: Dəmirçi ()
*: Aralık - Iğdır
*: Iğdır - Doğubeyazıt () - Muradiye
*: Muradiye - Erciş
*: Erc ...
highway in Turkey, and is also near to the Iranian village of
Qush.
The train station in Yeraskh was previously connected with the Azerbaijani exclave of
Nakhchivan, and used to be the main road and rail connections between Nakhchivan and Azerbaijan proper. The rail line also was the only direct connection between the former
USSR
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
and
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkm ...
. Because of the hostilities between Armenia and Azerbaijan over
Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh ( ) is a landlocked region in the South Caucasus, within the mountainous range of Karabakh, lying between Lower Karabakh and Syunik, and covering the southeastern range of the Lesser Caucasus mountains. The region is mos ...
, the border is under severe blockade and no trains are allowed to pass.
On 9 November 2020, a
Russian Mil Mi-24
The Mil Mi-24 (russian: Миль Ми-24; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and has be ...
helicopter (
NATO reporting name "Hind") was
shot down near Yeraskh by the
Azerbaijani Armed Forces
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces ( az, Azərbaycan Silahlı Qüvvələri) were re-established according to the Law of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the Armed Forces from 9 October 1991. The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) had originally formed ...
with a
MANPADS during the
2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. Two of the crew members died, while another was injured as a result of the attack.
See also
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Ararat Province
Ararat ( hy, Արարատ, ), is a province (''marz'') of Armenia. Its capital and largest city is the town of Artashat.
The province is named after the biblical Mount Ararat. It is bordered by Turkey from the west and Azerbaijan's Nakhchivan A ...
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Populated places in Ararat Province
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