Yukhari Askipara
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Yukhari Askipara
| native_name = Yuxarı Əskipara
| pushpin_map = Azerbaijan
| pushpin_mapsize = 300
| subdivision_type1 = Country {{nobold|(de jure)}}
| subdivision_name1 = Azerbaijan
| subdivision_type2 = {{*}} District
| subdivision_name2 = Qazakh
| subdivision_type3 = Country {{nobold|(de facto)}}
| subdivision_name3 = Armenia
| subdivision_type4 = {{*}} Province
| subdivision_name4 = Tavush
| subdivision_type5 = {{*}} Municipality
| subdivision_name5 = Ijevan
| image_map = Upper Askipara exclave, Azerbaijan.png
| image_skyline = Voskepar Fortress 07.jpg
| image_caption = The fortress at Upper Askipara
| timezone = AZT
| utc_offset = +4
| coordinates = {{coord|41|03|58|N|45|01|24|E|region:AZ|display=inline,title}}
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Yukhari Askipara ({{langx|az|Yuxarı Əskipara|lit=Upper Askipara}}; {{langx|hy|Վերին Ոսկեպար|lit=Upper Voskepar |translit=Verin Voskepar}}) is a destroyed village in an exclave of the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, currently under the control of Armenia and surrounded by the Tavush Province of Armenia. The exclave has been under control by Armenian forces since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, which also included fighting in Qazakh. Today, the village is destroyed, with only the foundations and some lower portions of the houses remaining.{{cite book|last=Kiesling|first=Brady|title=Rediscovering Armenia: an archaeological/touristic gazetteer and map set for the historical monuments of Armenia|year=2001|publisher=Tigran Mets|isbn=9993052280|pages=69|url=http://www.armeniapedia.org/wiki/Rediscovering_Armenia_Guidebook-_Northern_Armenia#East_of_Ijevan_.28Section_5.3B_Map_N.29|author2=Raffi Kojian }}
History
There are three medieval bridges, a fortress and the ruins of a church in the village.{{Cite book|last=Karapetyan|first=Samvel|title=Northern Artsakh|publisher=RAA|year=2004|isbn=5-8080-0566-3|location=Yerevan|pages=}}
According to the 1915 publication of the Caucasian Calendar, Yukhari Askipara (Аксибара Стар., Aksibara Star.) had a predominantly Tatar (later known as Azerbaijani) population of 278 in 1914.{{Cite book |url=https://www.prlib.ru/item/417320 |title=Кавказский календарь на 1915 год |publisher=Tipografiya kantselyarii Ye.I.V. na Kavkaze, kazenny dom |year=1915 |edition=70th |location= |publication-place=Tiflis |pages=122 |language=Russian |trans-title=Caucasian calendar for 1915 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211104234033/https://www.prlib.ru/item/417320 |archive-date=4 November 2021}}
The village was captured by Armenians in 1990 and its Azerbaijani inhabitants (some 500 people comprising around 100 families) were expelled, becoming internally displaced persons in other villages of Azerbaijan's Qazakh district.{{Cite web|date=2014-04-18|title=Əskipara: illərin məsafəsində|url=https://www.meydan.tv/az/article/eskipara-illerin-mesafesinde/|access-date=2022-01-14|website=MEYDAN.TV|language=az}} The village is now administered as part of the Tavush Province of Armenia.{{Cite news| script-title=ru:АРМЕНИЯ – АЗЕРБАЙДЖАН: ЭТО УЖЕ ПРОСТО ВОЙНА |work=Vlasts | url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc-rss.aspx?DocsID=266481| date=20 August 1990|language=ru}}
Notable people
Locally born Firudin Musayev rose from a peasant background to become a brigadier, then state farm director before becoming a deputy of the 8th convocation of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
References
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External links
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Category:Enclaves and exclaves
Category:Populated places in Qazax District
Category:Former populated places in the Caucasus
Category:Extreme points of Azerbaijan
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