Kolkhozashen
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Kolkhozashen ({{langx|hy|Կոլխոզաշեն}}) or Arpaduzu ({{langx|az|Arpadüzü}}) is a village located in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population{{cite web |url=https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |title=Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война |author=Андрей Зубов |date= |website=drugoivzgliad.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote= |archive-date=2020-10-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020150302/https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |url-status=dead }} until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.{{Cite news |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |date=2 October 2023 |title=‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/nagorno-karabakh-ghost-town-un-ethnic-armenians-azerbaijan |access-date=9 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}
History
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 the village include khachkars from between the 15th and 17th centuries, a 17th/18th-century village, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին}}, {{lit|Holy Mother of God}}).
Economy and culture
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre.
Demographics
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 309 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 241 inhabitants in 2015.
References
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External links
- {{GEOnet2|32FA8815086C3774E0440003BA962ED3}}
- {{YouTube|dWaGbFQNRjE|A short documentary about the village}}
{{Martuni Province}}
{{Khojavend District}}
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Category:Populated places in Khojavend District
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