Krkjan / Karkijahan
Քրքջան / Kərkicahan | |
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Coordinates: 39°48′12″N 46°44′16.3″E / 39.80333°N 46.737861°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khankendi |
Elevation | 997 m (3,271 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Krkjan ( Armenian: Քրքջան) or Karkijahan ( Azerbaijani: Kərkicahan) is a settlement near the city of Stepanakert. The village had an Armenian-majority population prior to the Khaibalikend massacre in 1919 and subsequently an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988.
In 1886, the village had an Armenian-majority population, consisting entirely of farmers. [1]
In June 1919, the village and the neighboring villages of Ghaibalishen (Khaibalikend), Jamilli, and Pahlul were looted and destroyed in the Khaibalikend massacre with 600-700 ethnic Armenians being killed by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers. [2] [3]
During the early Soviet period, the village was a district within the city of Stepanakert in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR, known as Karkijan ( Azerbaijani: Kərkican). In 1988, the district was given the status of an urban-type settlement, after Azerbaijani IDPs from Stepanakert settled in the village. [4] Tensions steadily grew between Azerbaijanis of Karkijahan and Armenians of Stepanakert. In one incident on 5 May 1989, three locals and four soldiers were wounded. [5] Similar incidents were recorded in July 1989, [6] and November 1991. [7]
The settlement had an Azerbaijani-majority population of 1,796 inhabitants prior to the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988. [8] [9] Following the expulsion of ethnic Azerbaijanis from the city of Stepanakert in 1988, most of them settled in Karkijahan. [4] Armenian troops entered Karkijahan on 29 December 1991, and established full control over it the following day. [9] By the time of its capture, most of the village's Azerbaijani population had already left the village. [10] According to Azerbaijan, 34 people, including 3 women and 2 minors, were killed during the battles. [9] During the hostilities in Karkijahan, a journalist of Radio Mayak, Leonid Lazarevich, was killed. [11] Azerbaijani forces recaptured the village by 31 December, however it was finally retaken by Armenian forces in late January - early February 1992. [12] The village was subsequently burned to the ground by Armenian forces. [10]
Since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the settlement has been administrated as part of the city of Stepanakert by the Republic of Artsakh. It was renamed Krkjan ( Armenian: Քրքջան). [13]
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Krkjan / Karkijahan
Քրքջան / Kərkicahan | |
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Coordinates: 39°48′12″N 46°44′16.3″E / 39.80333°N 46.737861°E | |
Country | Azerbaijan |
• District | Khankendi |
Elevation | 997 m (3,271 ft) |
Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
Krkjan ( Armenian: Քրքջան) or Karkijahan ( Azerbaijani: Kərkicahan) is a settlement near the city of Stepanakert. The village had an Armenian-majority population prior to the Khaibalikend massacre in 1919 and subsequently an Azerbaijani-majority population prior to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988.
In 1886, the village had an Armenian-majority population, consisting entirely of farmers. [1]
In June 1919, the village and the neighboring villages of Ghaibalishen (Khaibalikend), Jamilli, and Pahlul were looted and destroyed in the Khaibalikend massacre with 600-700 ethnic Armenians being killed by armed Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers. [2] [3]
During the early Soviet period, the village was a district within the city of Stepanakert in the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR, known as Karkijan ( Azerbaijani: Kərkican). In 1988, the district was given the status of an urban-type settlement, after Azerbaijani IDPs from Stepanakert settled in the village. [4] Tensions steadily grew between Azerbaijanis of Karkijahan and Armenians of Stepanakert. In one incident on 5 May 1989, three locals and four soldiers were wounded. [5] Similar incidents were recorded in July 1989, [6] and November 1991. [7]
The settlement had an Azerbaijani-majority population of 1,796 inhabitants prior to the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict in 1988. [8] [9] Following the expulsion of ethnic Azerbaijanis from the city of Stepanakert in 1988, most of them settled in Karkijahan. [4] Armenian troops entered Karkijahan on 29 December 1991, and established full control over it the following day. [9] By the time of its capture, most of the village's Azerbaijani population had already left the village. [10] According to Azerbaijan, 34 people, including 3 women and 2 minors, were killed during the battles. [9] During the hostilities in Karkijahan, a journalist of Radio Mayak, Leonid Lazarevich, was killed. [11] Azerbaijani forces recaptured the village by 31 December, however it was finally retaken by Armenian forces in late January - early February 1992. [12] The village was subsequently burned to the ground by Armenian forces. [10]
Since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the settlement has been administrated as part of the city of Stepanakert by the Republic of Artsakh. It was renamed Krkjan ( Armenian: Քրքջան). [13]
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