Spitakashen, Hadrut

Spitakashen Սպիտակշեն Spitakşen
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Coordinates: 39°32′20″N 46°42′42″E / 39.53889°N 46.71167°E / 39.53889; 46.71167Coordinates: 39°32′20″N 46°42′42″E / 39.53889°N 46.71167°E / 39.53889; 46.71167
Country	Azerbaijan  Republic of Artsakh (claimed)
District	Khojavend
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	11
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Spitakashen (Armenian: Սպիտակշեն; Azerbaijani: Spitakşen; meaning White Village) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.^[2]

History[]

The village suffered during the Armenian–Azerbaijani War in 1918-1920. According to Armenian historian Richard G. Hovannisian, at the end of November 1918, local Azerbaijanis destroyed Spitakashen and two other Armenian villages, Petrosashen and Harar, the three remaining Armenian villages between Nagorno-Karabakh and Zangezur, thus dividing the two mountainous regions.^[3]

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 and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

References[]

External links[]

• Spitakashen, Hadrut at GEOnet Names Server

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