Şahtaxtı

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Shahtakhty
Municipality
Azerbaijani: Şahtaxtı
Shahtakhty is located in Azerbaijan
Shahtakhty
Shahtakhty
Coordinates: 39°22′19″N 45°05′46″E / 39.37194°N 45.09611°E / 39.37194; 45.09611Coordinates: 39°22′19″N 45°05′46″E / 39.37194°N 45.09611°E / 39.37194; 45.09611
CountryAzerbaijan Azerbaijan
Autonomous republicNakhchivan
DistrictKangarli
Population
(2005)
 • Total3,100
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Shahtakhty is a village and municipality in the Kangarli District of Nakhichevan, Azerbaijan. The village is located in the Sharur plain, 4.5 km south-west from the regional center. Its population is busy with farming and animal husbandry.

There are secondary school, kindergarten, cultural house and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 3,100. The medieval monuments of Cinlidere are located in the south-west of the village; in the west, near the Givrag plateau, is the location of Shahbaghy.[1] South of the village lies the city of Poldasht in Iran.

The ancient Armenian city of Arshat-Arkashat (Armenian: Արշատ-Արքաշատ, romanized: Aršat-Ark’ašat) was founded in the area in third century BC.[2]

Etymology[]

The modern settlement was established as a result of the settlement of the Kengerli tribe of Turkic peoples. The area of the location of Alinja fortress was purportedly also called Shahtakhty in the past. Azerbaijani researchers translate this place name as "smooth plain in the foothills of the mountain".[citation needed]

Ancient settlement[]

Clay vessel from the village. Karmirberd culture, mid-II millennium BC

Nearby is the site of an ancient settlement of the Bronze and first Iron Age; it is located south-west from the village. According to findings, the earliest settlement in the area was founded in the third millennium BC.[1]

Documents of the U.S. Department of State suggest a historically heavy Armenian presence in the area; the ancient city of Arshat-Arkashat had been founded in the third century BC and served as a residence of Armenian kings. Tombs and cuneiform of the Van kingdom, dated to the third to second centuries BC had been also discovered on its territory.[2]

The area is about 2 hectares. As a result of wear and tear, the remains of the monuments and the destroyed stone buildings need to be monitored. The thickness of the cultural layer, which was defined as the result of researches (1936 and 1979-90), is 3–4.5 m. The castle walls, built of large stones (2.2–2.6 m in width, 1,2-2,5 m in height) and remains of the residential buildings are very interesting.

During the 15-14th centuries BC, Shahtakhty became a type of fortress-city settlement, and has been the center of large tribal unions of Nakhchivan. The pottery, metalwork, jewellery etc. were highly developed in Shahtakhty. A rich painted ceramics, cylindrical seals (15-14 centuries BC), and the exquisite decorative patterns found here show that the Shahtakhty was in close contact with the ancient cultural centers of the Middle East. Pink, gray and black pottery, ornaments, stone tools and osteologic remains were found in the settlement.

Notable natives[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005). Nakhchivan Encyclopedia. Vol. volume II. Baku: ANAS. p. 291. ISBN 5-8066-1468-9. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
  2. ^ a b "Nakhijevan of 1918-1920 in Papers of the U.S. Department of Stateand of the National Archives of Armenia". Academia.edu. Retrieved 16 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Шахтахтинский Бейбут Ага". Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991.

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