Dashalty

Both the Azerbaijani and Armenian names of the village mean "below the rock", referring to the sheer vertical cliffs towering above the village, on top of which Shusha is built.

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Shushi Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. Shusha, located just above the village, was the last Azerbaijani stronghold in Nagorno-Karabakh to be captured by Armenian forces in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-05-10-mn-2514-story.html |title=Armenians Capture Key Karabakh Town : Republics: Both sides agree the fall of the last Azerbaijani stronghold marks a turning point in the four-year struggle over the disputed enclave |work= Los Angeles Times |author=Carey Goldberg |date=1992-05-10 |access-date=2011-09-27}} On January 26, 1992 Azerbaijani Defense Minister Mehdiyev "led a disastrous sortie out of Shusha to capture the Armenian village of Karintak",Black Garden, Thomas de Waal, page 176 in which dozens of Azerbaijani soldiers died.Black Garden, Thomas de Waal, page 292

On 9 November 2020, the last day of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijani troops captured the village, and after that, the city of Shusha itself.{{cite web | url=https://mod.gov.az/az/news/isgaldan-azad-olunan-seher-kend-ve-qesebelerimiz-28583.html | title=Azərbaycan Respublikası Müdafiə Nazirliyi }}

The village monument dedicated to the fallen in World War II was destroyed by Azerbaijani forces after the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.{{cite web|url=https://www.aysor.am/en/news/2021/03/12/maria-zakharova/1811305|website=aysor.am|title=Russian MFA considers vandalism against monuments to heroes of Great Patriotic War in Artsakh by Azerbaijanis unacceptable and immoral|date=2021-03-12}}

On April 5, 2024, Google Earth updated satellite images of the Nagorno Karabakh. The Monument Watch team documented that Azerbaijan razed the village to the ground, including its old neighborhoods, springs, civil infrastructure and natural environment.{{Cite web|url=https://monumentwatch.org/en/alerts/complete-destruction-of-the-village-of-karintak-by-azerbaijan/|title=Complete destruction of the village of Karintak by Azerbaijan|lang=en|website=Monument Watch}}{{Cite web|url=https://hyperallergic.com/920367/azerbaijan-destruction-of-armenian-heritage-in-artsakh-continues-unabated/|title=Azerbaijan’s Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Artsakh Continues Unabated|lang=en|website=Hyperallergic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.persecution.org/2024/05/23/azerbaijan-destroys-armenian-church-and-village-builds-mosque-in-conquered-artsakh/|title=Azerbaijan Destroys Armenian Church and Village, Builds Mosque in Conquered Artsakh|lang=en|website=Christian Persecution News Persecuted Christians}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rferl.org/a/azerbaijan-armenia-nagorno-karabakh-heritage-destruction-karintak-dasalti/32918998.html|title=Church, Entire Village 'Erased' In Azerbaijan's Recaptured Nagorno-Karabakh|lang=en|website=Radio Free Europe|author=Amos Chapple}}

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 13th-century khachkar, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, an 18th/19th-century bridge, a 19th-century watermill, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին}}, {{lit|Holy Mother of God}}) built in 1862.

The old town square is relatively well preserved, showing some traditional pre-Soviet architecture of the region. There is also a plain village church that was restored by Land and Culture Organization volunteers in 1999–2000. It was originally built in 1816 in the place of a previously existing chapel.Mkrtchyan, Shahen. Historical-Architectural Monuments of Nagorno Karabagh. Yerevan, 1989. (Շահեն Մկրտչյան, «Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի պատմաճարտարապետական հուշարձանները»)

The village had 588 inhabitants in 2005,{{Cite web|url=http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|title=The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|website=National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh}} and 660 inhabitants in 2015.

Dashalti155.jpg|Village street

The monument devouted to the victims of the war.jpg|Monument dedicated to the fallen in WWII and the First Nagorno-Karabakh War

Astvacacin.jpg|The church of Surb Astvatsatsin, built in 1862

Waterfall, Karabakh Azerbaijan.jpg|"Zontik" (Umbrella) waterfall in the Karkar Canyon

Kaňon řeky Karkar, Náhorní Karabach.jpg|Karkar river canyon

Karintak-IMG 1445.JPG|Section of the Janapar hiking trail passing by the village

Destroyed Military Vehicle , Karintak, NKR.jpg|Destroyed military vehicle

Dashalti village of Shusha District.jpg|General view

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