Buzluq

Buzluq Բուզլուխ • Buzlukh
Municipality
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Coordinates: 40°24′55″N 46°25′59″E / 40.41528°N 46.43306°E / 40.41528; 46.43306Coordinates: 40°24′55″N 46°25′59″E / 40.41528°N 46.43306°E / 40.41528; 46.43306
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Goranboy
Population [citation needed]
• Total	315
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Buzluq (Buzlug, lit. 'iced'; Armenian: Բուզլուխ, romanized: Buzlukh) is a village and municipality in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the villages of Buzluq, Gülüstan, and Başqışlaq.^[1] The village had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh war and Operation Ring.^[2]

History[]

During the Soviet time, the people of Buzluq were engaged mainly in agriculture with considerable achievements due to heavy subsidization policy by the Azerbaijan SSR government.

With the outbreak of the conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, the people of Buzluq were targeted by Azeri OMON units. The village was attacked from nearby Azeri-populated villages of Shafag and Zeyva. In summer 1991 the village was occupied by Azeri AMON forces and subsequently looted. Soviet troops stationed in Kirovabad took an active role in aiding Azeri forces in deporting Armenian population in the area. Which has come to be known as Operation Ring. In the fall of 1991, Armenian forces captured the village. Later it was occupied together with the whole Shahumyan district by Azerbaijani forces in June 1992.

Buzluq was one of 13 Armenian villages of the former Shahumyan region, which voted in 1991 referendum to reunite with Nagorno-Karabakh and declare independence from the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. It is now incorporated into Goranboy District of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

See also[]

• First Nagorno-Karabakh War

References[]

External links[]

• Buzluq at GEOnet Names Server

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