Taghavard

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Taghavard
Թաղավարդ
Tağaverd
Taghavard is located in Republic of Artsakh
Taghavard
Taghavard
Coordinates: 39°40′05.2″N 46°55′12.7″E / 39.668111°N 46.920194°E / 39.668111; 46.920194Coordinates: 39°40′05.2″N 46°55′12.7″E / 39.668111°N 46.920194°E / 39.668111; 46.920194
Country (de facto; Nerkin Taghavard) Artsakh
 • ProvinceMartuni
Country (de jure; Verin Taghavard) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total1,301
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Taghavard (Armenian: Թաղավարդ) or Taghaverd (Azerbaijani: Tağaverd) is a village in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.[2]

Following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, the eastern, lower part of the village, Nerkin Taghavard (Armenian: Ներքին Թաղավարդ, also called Taghavard Kaler, Թաղավարդ Կալեր),[3][4] is controlled by the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Martuni Province, and the western, upper part of the village, Verin Taghavard (Armenian: Վերին Թաղավարդ), is controlled by Azerbaijan as part of its Khojavend District.[5]

History[]

19th-century Kenats Tsar (Tree of Life) embroidery from Taghavard

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

Historical heritage sites[]

Historical heritage sites in and around Taghavard include the 12th/13th-century monastery of Barevatsari Vank (also known as Jukht/Jokht Pravatsari Vank), the 17th-century Berdahonj Church, and St. Astvatsatsin Church built in 1840.[1][3]

In July 2021, satellite images released by Caucasus Heritage Watch, a watchdog group made up of researchers from Purdue and Cornell, revealed that Azerbaijani bulldozers had cleared the western half of the village, thereby endangering the St. Astvatsatsin Church. It called on Azerbaijani authorities to prevent damage or destruction.[6]

Economy and culture[]

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village had a municipal building, a house of culture, two schools, a kindergarten, three shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics[]

The village had 1,315 inhabitants in 2005,[7] and 1,301 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ Andrei Zubov. "Karabakh: Mir i voina". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. ^ a b Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  4. ^ Նաիրա Նալբանդյան (2020-12-03). ""Անտանելի վիճակ ա, մեր գյուղը կիսվել ա". Թաղավարդ համայնքի մի մասը հայկական, մյուսը՝ ադրբեջանական կողմում է". Azatutyun.
  5. ^ Artem Mikryukov; Nvard Hovhannisyan (2 February 2021). "In Nagorno-Karabakh, a village split in two by a ceasefire struggles to get by". Reuters. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. ^ "THREAT ALERT: The Holy Mother of God church (S. Astvatsatsin) in the village of T’aghavard/Tağaverd (Martuni/Khojavend district) is under threat...." Twitter. 18 July 2021.
  7. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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