Arakül

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Arakul / Arakel
Arakül / Առաքել
St. Mariam Astvatsatsin Church in the village
St. Mariam Astvatsatsin Church in the village
Arakul / Arakel is located in Azerbaijan
Arakul / Arakel
Arakul / Arakel
Coordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E / 39.43778°N 46.99750°E / 39.43778; 46.99750Coordinates: 39°26′16″N 46°59′51″E / 39.43778°N 46.99750°E / 39.43778; 46.99750
Country Azerbaijan
 Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total134
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Arakül (also Aragül) or Arakel (Armenian: Առաքել) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Etymology[]

Village gate

According to local tradition, Arakel is named so because Thaddeus, the patron saint of the Armenian Apostolic Church, stayed here whilst preaching to the Armenians.[citation needed]

History[]

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1993 and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the de facto independent Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan in 9 November 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

In January 2021, according to the Public Radio of Armenia, Azerbaijani soldiers reportedly destroyed an Armenian cross-stone (khachkar) monument in the village, based on footage posted by the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ "Ильхам Алиев объявил об освобождении сел между Шушой и Ханкенди - Обновлено".
  4. ^ Ghazanchyan, Siranush (12 January 2021). "Azerbaijanis destroy Armenian cross-stone in occupied Artsakh village". Public Radio of Armenia.

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