Zabukh

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Zabukh / Aghavno
Zabux / Աղավնո
Zabux village, Azerbaijan.jpg
Zabukh / Aghavno is located in Republic of Artsakh
Zabukh / Aghavno
Zabukh / Aghavno
Zabukh / Aghavno is located in Armenia
Zabukh / Aghavno
Zabukh / Aghavno
Coordinates: 39°35′23″N 46°32′36″E / 39.58972°N 46.54333°E / 39.58972; 46.54333Coordinates: 39°35′23″N 46°32′36″E / 39.58972°N 46.54333°E / 39.58972; 46.54333
Country (de facto; civil) Artsakh
 • ProvinceKashatagh
Country (de jure) Armenia
 • DistrictLachin
Military controlRussia Russian peacekeepers
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Total~40
Time zoneUTC+4 (UTC)

Zabukh (Azerbaijani: Zabux) or Aghavno (Armenian: Աղավնո) is a village within the strategic Lachin corridor, which links the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia.[2]:  8, 10, 31   It is under the supervision of the Russian peacekeeping force following the ceasefire agreement that ended the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. The village came under the de facto control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh after 1992, administrated as part of its Kashatagh Province, and is de jure part of the Lachin District of Armenia.[3]

Toponymy[]

The village is also known as Ariavan (Armenian: Արիավան).[4]

History[]

Church Saint Martyrs of Aghavno

First Nagorno-Karabakh War[]

When the village was seized by Armenian forces in 1992 during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, its Azerbaijani population fled.[5] The Times reported that the village was looted and burned by Armenian forces, because Azerbaijani forces had previously pillaged 23 nearby villages.[6] A Canadian journalist who visited the village a few months later noted that the village was "entirely abandoned", and all that remained were "two dozen charred, roofless houses".[7]

After 1992, the village came under the control of the Republic of Artsakh, administered as part of its Kashatagh Province. The Artsakh administration renovated the village, and it has been settled in part by Lebanese-Armenians.[5][3]

Russian peacekeeper control[]

Following the ceasefire agreement ending the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, the Lachin corridor came under Russian peacekeeper supervision,[8] with the Russian peacekeepers setting up a post in Aghavno.[3]

Ahead of the transfer of the Lachin District to Azerbaijan per the ceasefire agreement, many ethnic Armenians fled from the Lachin corridor, with the BBC Russian Service correspondent, Yuri Vekdik, stating that the vast majority of the Armenians inhabitants had fled. The Artsakh administration initially called on the ethnic Armenian population to evacuate, however, from 27 November, Armenian media reported that the agreement has been amended, adding that Aghavno, as well as Lachin (Berdzor), the district's administrative center, and Sus, would not be handed over to Azerbaijan, citing the Artsakh mayor of Lachin (Berdzor), Narek Aleksanyan.[9][3]

In May 2021 the village school was renovated with the assistance of the ACAA Artsakh Fund, which also plans the renovation of the municipal building and the construction of a medical centre in the village,[10] and in December 2021, a new bakery was opened in the village.[4]

Economy and culture[]

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, two shops, and a school.[11]

Demographics[]

The village had 149 inhabitants in 2005,[12] and 175 inhabitants in 2015.[11] Following the ceasefire agreement after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, around 200 Armenians remained in the Lachin corridor, with around 40 of them being in Aghavno.[1]

Gallery[]

  • Roadside Sign (37595670976).jpg
  • Zabux, Azerbaijan - panoramio (1).jpg
  • Old image of Zabux village, Azerbaijan.jpg

References[]

  1. ^ a b Sara Petrosyan (22 February 2021). "Փոքրաթիվ հայեր դեռևս բնակվում են Քաշաթաղում, բայց դա ռուսների քմահաճույքով է պայմանավորված". hetq.am. Hetq. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
  2. ^ The international politics of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict : the original "frozen conflict" and European security. Svante E. Cornell. New York, NY. 2017. ISBN 978-1-137-60006-6. OCLC 971245887.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ a b c d Vendik, Yuri (17 November 2020). "Армяне оставляют Лачин, несмотря на конец войны в Карабахе и прибытие российских миротворцев". BBC Russian Service (in Russian). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "«Թոնիր կառուցում են այնտեղ, որտեղ ապրում են և ապրելու են»․ Արցախի Աղավնո գյուղում հացի արտադրամաս է բացվել". aysor.am. 2021-12-21.
  5. ^ a b "Laçın – məğrur rayonun hekayəsi". BBC Azerbaijani Service (in Azerbaijani). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. ^ Seely, Robert (25 May 1992). "Armenian looters burn down village". The Times. p. 8.
  7. ^ Brock, Daniel (30 August 1993). "Europe's forgotten war". Maclean's. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Rusiya Müdafiə Nazirliyi: Laçın dəhlizində hərəkətə sülhməramlılar nəzarət edir". BBC Azerbaijani Service (in Azerbaijani). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Laçın şəhəri ermənilərdəmi qalır? Ermənilərə belə deyilib, amma onlar şəhəri tərk edir". BBC Azerbaijani Service (in Azerbaijani). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  10. ^ "Progress in Aghavno with the Artsakh Fund". The Armenian Weekly. 2021-05-12.
  11. ^ a b Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  12. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.

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