Shurnukh

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Shurnukh
Շուռնուխ
Mountains around Shurnukh
Mountains around Shurnukh
Shurnukh is located in Armenia
Shurnukh
Shurnukh
Coordinates: 39°22′39″N 46°23′29″E / 39.37750°N 46.39139°E / 39.37750; 46.39139Coordinates: 39°22′39″N 46°23′29″E / 39.37750°N 46.39139°E / 39.37750; 46.39139
Country Armenia
ProvinceSyunik
MunicipalityGoris
Area
[1]
 • Total8.83 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total207
 • Density23/km2 (61/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)
Shurnukh at GEOnet Names Server

Shurnukh (Armenian: Շուռնուխ) is a village in the Goris Municipality of the Syunik Province in Armenia.[3]

As part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, the previously undelineated Armenia-Azerbaijan border was found to cut through the village.[4] As a result, a small part of the village, including 12 houses, fell under control of Azerbaijan.[5]

The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to 1989, when the Azerbaijani inhabitants fled as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, after which the village was repopulated by Armenians who fled from Azerbaijan.[6][7]

History[]

The modern village was founded in 1930[8] on the site of the ruins of Shornokho (Armenian: Շոռնոխո), a historic village located in the Baghk (Kashunik) canton of the Syunik province of historic Greater Armenia. The date of the destruction of the historic village is unknown; however, it is known that there were ruins at the end of the 19th century, including remnants of a church.[9]

In Soviet times, the village council also included the nearby villages of Aghbulagh and Vanand (now both uninhabited) and a settlement attached to a woodworking factory.[7]

Demographics[]

According to Zaven Korkotyan, the village was uninhabited from 1831 to 1886. It was then populated by Azerbaijanis; 84 in 1897, 117 in 1904, 104 in 1914. It is listed as an uninhabited ruin in 1919 and 1926. There were 101 Azerbaijanis living in the village in 1926, and 123 Azerbaijanis, 7 Armenians and 2 Russians in 1931.[10] According to Syunyats Yerkir magazine, Shurnukh was populated by Azerbaijanis from 1930 to 1989 and from 1990 the village was repopulated by Armenians.[6] According to the Dictionary of Republic of Armenia Settlements, Shurnukh's population consisted of 351 residents in 1939, 363 in 1959 and 1970, 324 in 1979, 148 in 2001 and 197 in 2004.[11] The community's population increased to 224 in 2010,[12] but reduced to 207 people in 2011 census.[3]

Sights[]

In the late 2010s, an iron cross was erected on the hill in the centre of the village. The cross lights up in the night.[13]

Border dispute[]

On 24th December 2020, Shurnukh village head Hakob Arshakyan said that Azerbaijanis were in Shurnukh negotiating with a representative of the Armenian National Security Service and Russian border guards. The Azerbaijani representatives demanded that the Armenian side cede twelve houses located on the eastern side of the Goris-Kapan road to Azerbaijan which, according to Soviet-era maps, fall in the Qubadli District of Azerbaijan bordering Armenia's Syunik Province. Most of Qubadli District was captured by Azerbaijani forces during 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, and the remaining parts still under Armenian control were transferred to Azerbaijan according to unwritten provisions of the trilateral agreement which ended the war.[14] Further demarcation according to the administrative borders of the Soviet era raised tensions among the villagers living close to the border and residents of Syunik in general. On December 21 residents of Syunik blocked roads to prevent prime minister Nikol Pashinyan from entering the region.[15] The 12 houses were ceded to Azerbaijan on 4 January 2021. There is no frontier post yet, just a small sign, and people can cross freely between parts of the village.[4]

On January 9, the Armenian government announced that it would build 12 new houses in the village to compensate the villagers whose homes came under the control of Azerbaijan.[5] In February 2021, the government announced a compensation package of 300,000 Armenian drams (about 577 USD) as a single payment followed by a monthly payment of 68,000 Armenian drams (about 130 USD) for six months, and the start of the construction of a new residential block to provide permanent accommodation to those villagers who lost their homes.[16]

Gallery[]

  • The Shurnukh cross

References[]

  1. ^ "Syunik regional e-Governance System" (in Armenian). Syunik Province provincial government. Click on link entitled "Համայնքներ" (community) and search for the place by Armenian name.
  2. ^ Statistical Committee of Armenia. "The results of the 2011 Population Census of the Republic of Armenia" (PDF).
  3. ^ a b "Marzes of Armenia and Yerevan City in Figures, 2010" (PDF). Statistical Committee of Armenia.
  4. ^ a b Synovitz, Ron; Badalian, Susan (2021-02-07). "Fear And Loathing Vs. Trade Across The Armenian-Azerbaijani Border". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 2021-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ a b "Armenia government to build 12 houses in Shurnukh village". news.am. 9 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Այցելություն Սյունյաց աշխարհի Բղեն գավառի սրբավայրեր, որոնց պսակը Նորավանքն է". Սյունյաց Երկիր (in Armenian). 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  7. ^ a b "Շուռնուխ, Վանանդ, Ձորակ և Աղբուլաղ գյուղերի բնակչությունը․ Գորիսի շրջան" [Population of the villages of Shurnukh, Vanand, Dzorak and Aghbulagh (Goris district)]. aniarc.am (in Armenian). 2021-03-11. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  8. ^ "Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան" (PDF). ՀՀ կառավարությանն առընթեր անշարժ գույքի կադաստրի պետական կոմիտե “Գեոդեզիայի և Քարտեզագրության կենտրոն” ՊՈԱԿ (in Armenian). 2008. p. 160. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2021-01-03. Շ. հիմնադրվել է 1930թ. պատմական Շոռնոխո ավերակ գյուղի տեղում:
  9. ^ "Այցելություն Սյունյաց աշխարհի Բղեն գավառի սրբավայրեր, որոնց պսակը Նորավանքն է". Սյունյաց Երկիր (in Armenian). 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  10. ^ Zaven Korkotyan (1932). Խորհրդային Հայաստանի բնակչությունը վերջին հարյուրամյակում (1831-1931) (in Armenian). Հրատարակություն Մելքոնյան Ֆոնդի. p. 28, 113.
  11. ^ "Հայաստանի Հանրապետության բնակավայրերի բառարան" (PDF). ՀՀ կառավարությանն առընթեր անշարժ գույքի կադաստրի պետական կոմիտե “Գեոդեզիայի և Քարտեզագրության կենտրոն” ՊՈԱԿ (in Armenian). 2008. p. 160. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-12. Retrieved 2021-01-03. Շ. հիմնադրվել է 1930թ. պատմական Շոռնոխո ավերակ գյուղի տեղում:
  12. ^ "Report of the Results of the 2011 Armenian Census" (PDF). National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia.
  13. ^ "Այցելություն Սյունյաց աշխարհի Բղեն գավառի սրբավայրեր, որոնց պսակը Նորավանքն է". Սյունյաց Երկիր (in Armenian). 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
  14. ^ "Protests Force Pashinyan to Cancel Visit to Goris, Kapan and Meghri in Syunik". Asbarez. 21 December 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  15. ^ "Armenia says that Azerbaijan laying claims to half of Armenian village". JAMnews. Yerevan. 2020-12-24. Retrieved 2021-01-03. Representatives of Azerbaijan have demanded 12 houses located in the village of Shurnukh, in the Syunik region of Armenia be transferred to them
  16. ^ Բադալյան, Սուսան (2021-02-01). "Այս շաբաթ Սյունիքի մարզի Շուռնուխ գյուղում կսկսվի բնակելի նոր թաղամասի շինարարությունը" [A new residential block construction will begin this week in Shurnukh village of Syunik province]. Azatutyun (RFE/RL) (in Armenian). Retrieved 2021-02-02. Շուռնուխը պետք է ավելի լավ գյուղ լինի։ Խոսքը նվազագույնը 12 տների մասին է, որոնց շինարարությունը այս տարի կավարտեն։
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