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'''Aşağı Ağcakənd''' (also, '''Ashagi Agchakand''', '''Ashagy Agdzhakend''', '''Nerkishen''', '''Nizhniy Agdzhakend''', '''Novo Agdzhakend''', '''Shahoumian''', '''Shahumyan''', '''Shaumyan''', and '''Shaumyanovsk''') is a village in the [[Goranboy Rayon]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. The municipality consists of the villages of Aşağı Ağcakənd, [[Yuxarı Ağcakənd]] and [[Meşəli, Goranboy|Meşəli]].<ref>[http://www.belediyye.org/index.php?con=qanun&bkod=3637 Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi] {{dead link|date=January 2013}}</ref>


'''Aşağı Ağcakənd''' ({{transl|az|Ashaghy Aghjakend}}; {{lang-hy|Շահումյան|Shahumyan}}) is a village in the [[Goranboy District]] of [[Azerbaijan]]. The municipality consists of the villages of Aşağı Ağcakənd, [[Yuxarı Ağcakənd]] and [[Meşəli, Goranboy|Meşəli]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.belediyye.org/index.php?con=qanun&bkod=3637 |title=Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924083213/http://www.belediyye.org/index.php?con=qanun&bkod=3637 |archive-date=September 24, 2008 |language=az}}</ref> The village had an Armenian majority prior to the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]] and [[Operation Ring]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://iriston.com/nogbon/news.php?newsid=459 |title=Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...) |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=iriston.com }}</ref>
In antiquity the territory was a part of Artsakh; in the Middle Ages it was part of the principality of Khachen; in the 17-18th centuries the territory formed part of Melik-Abovian dynasty's melikdom of Gulistan, with its capital in the fortress of that name. During Soviet times in the area was renamed after the Armenian Bolshevik Stepan Shahumyan, its administrative center taking the same name. By the 1990s the population of Shahumian district was almost exclusively Armenian by language and ethnicity, though the area was not included within the boundaries of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast by the Soviet Union. In the spring-summer of 1991, Soviet premier Mikhail Gorbachev ordered Operation Ring in which the Soviet Red Army surrounded some of the area's Armenian villages (notably Getashen and Martunashen) and violently deported their inhabitants to Armenia. Approximately 17,000 Armenians living in Shahumian's twenty-three villages were deported out of the region. In December 1991 with the Soviet Union imploding, Shahumian was claimed by the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic and became the focus for considerable fighting. This reached a climax in summer 1992 when most of the area was retaken by the Azerbaijan army. Damage was severe and the Armenian population fled.The historical name of the town of Shahumian was abolished and renamed to Aşağı Ağcakənd in 1992 and it has been partly re-populated by ethnic Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced persons.


== Toponymy ==
During Soviet times Aşağı Ağcakənd was officially named [[Shahumian|Shaumian]] after the [[Bolshevik]] leader [[Stepan Shahumyan]]. In December 1991 with the Soviet Union imploding, Shaumian was claimed by the breakaway [[Nagorno Karabagh|Nagorno-Karabakh Republic]] even though it had not fallen within the Soviet boundaries of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]]. It became the focus for considerable fighting which reached a climax in summer 1992 when most of the area was retaken by the Azerbaijan army. Damage was severe and the population, then predominantly ethnic-Armenian, fled.
The village was also previously known as ''Nerkinshen'' ({{lang-hy|Ներքինշեն}}).<ref name="sergeynovikov"/>


== History ==
Today Aşağı Ağcakənd town remains noticeably war-damaged but has been partly re-populated by ethnic Azerbaijani refugees<ref>Trailblazer "Azerbaijan with Excursions to Georgia", Hindhead, UK, 2004; p245</ref> and [[Internally displaced person|idps]].
In antiquity the territory was a part of [[Artsakh (historic province)|Artsakh]] of Greater Armenia; in the Middle Ages it was part of the [[principality of Khachen]]; in the 17–18th centuries the territory formed part of Melik-Abovian dynasty's [[Melikdoms of Karabakh|Melikdom]] of [[Gülüstan, Goranboy|Gulistan]], with its capital in the fortress of that name.<ref>G. Melvyn Howe, Ronald Grigor Suny, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Mints, Charles James Frank Dowsett, [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/35178/Armenia/44272/Ottomans-and-Safavids Armenia], ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''. Quote: "In mountainous Karabakh a group of five Armenian maliks (princes) succeeded in conserving their autonomy and maintained a short period of independence (1722–30) during the struggle between Persia and Turkey at the beginning of the 18th century; despite the heroic resistance of the Armenian leader David Beg, the Turks occupied the region but were driven out by the Persians under the general Nādr Qolī Beg (from 1736–47, Nādir Shah) in 1735."<br>- Encyclopaedia of Islam. — Leiden: BRILL, 1986. — vol. 1. — p. 639–640.<br>- Րաֆֆի (Հակոբ Մելիք-Հակոբյան). Խամսայի մելիքութիւնները: Ղարաբաղի աստղագէտը: Գաղտնիքն Ղարաբաղի, Վիեննա, 1906. &#91;[[Raffi (novelist)|Raffi]] (Hakob Melik-Hakobyan). The History of Karabagh's Meliks, Vienna, 1906, in Armenian. Another edition is «Խամսայի մելիքությունները», Երկերի ժողովածու, Երևան, 1964. Collection of Yerkrapah, Yerevan, 1964.&#93;</ref>

During Soviet times, the area was renamed after the [[Armenians|Armenian]] [[Bolshevik]] [[Stepan Shaumian]], its administrative center, previously the Armenian village of Nerkishen<ref name="egbertjahn">Egbert Jahn, ''Nationalism in Late and Post-Communist Europe'', vol. 2, Nomos, 2009, p. 277.</ref> or Nerkinshen<ref name="sergeynovikov">Сергей Новиков: [https://serge-novikov.livejournal.com/39386.html Нагорный Карабах. Фронт за околицей. Часть третья, 19 май, 2017] ([https://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/194835/196523343.1a0/0_147a51_3d0aa5e2_XL.jpg Map with names])</ref> (Nerkin Shen, Ներքին Շեն "lower village") taking the same name.

By the 1990s, the population of Shahumyan district was almost exclusively Armenian, though the area was not included within the boundaries of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]] by the [[Soviet Union]]. In the spring-summer of 1991, Soviet president [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] ordered the execution of [[Operation Ring]], in which the Soviet [[Red Army]] surrounded some of the area's Armenian villages (notably Getashen and Martunashen) and violently deported their inhabitants to the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenian SSR]]. Approximately 17,000 Armenians living in Shahumyan's twenty-three villages were expelled from the region.

In December 1991, with the [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|Soviet Union imploding]], Shahumyan was claimed by the [[Republic of Artsakh]] and became the flashpoint of considerable fighting during the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]. This reached a climax in summer 1992, when the [[Azerbaijani Armed Forces|Azerbaijani army]] was able to retain its control over most of the area. Damage was severe and the Armenian population fled. Shaumian was renamed to Aşağı Ağcakənd in 1992, and the town has since been partly re-populated by [[Refugees in Azerbaijan|Azerbaijani refugees]] and internally displaced persons.<ref>Trailblazer "Azerbaijan with Excursions to Georgia", Hindhead, UK, 2004; p245</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Shahumyan Province]]


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Latest revision as of 18:33, 25 November 2023

Aşağı Ağcakənd
Շահումյան • Shahumyan
Municipality
Aşağı Ağcakənd is located in Azerbaijan
Aşağı Ağcakənd
Aşağı Ağcakənd
Coordinates: 40°25′20″N 46°33′36″E / 40.42222°N 46.56000°E / 40.42222; 46.56000
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictGoranboy
Population
 • Total207
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Aşağı Ağcakənd (Ashaghy Aghjakend; Armenian: Շահումյան, romanized: Shahumyan) is a village in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. The municipality consists of the villages of Aşağı Ağcakənd, Yuxarı Ağcakənd and Meşəli.[1] The village had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Operation Ring.[2]

Toponymy[edit]

The village was also previously known as Nerkinshen (Armenian: Ներքինշեն).[3]

History[edit]

In antiquity the territory was a part of Artsakh of Greater Armenia; in the Middle Ages it was part of the principality of Khachen; in the 17–18th centuries the territory formed part of Melik-Abovian dynasty's Melikdom of Gulistan, with its capital in the fortress of that name.[4]

During Soviet times, the area was renamed after the Armenian Bolshevik Stepan Shaumian, its administrative center, previously the Armenian village of Nerkishen[5] or Nerkinshen[3] (Nerkin Shen, Ներքին Շեն "lower village") taking the same name.

By the 1990s, the population of Shahumyan district was almost exclusively Armenian, though the area was not included within the boundaries of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast by the Soviet Union. In the spring-summer of 1991, Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev ordered the execution of Operation Ring, in which the Soviet Red Army surrounded some of the area's Armenian villages (notably Getashen and Martunashen) and violently deported their inhabitants to the Armenian SSR. Approximately 17,000 Armenians living in Shahumyan's twenty-three villages were expelled from the region.

In December 1991, with the Soviet Union imploding, Shahumyan was claimed by the Republic of Artsakh and became the flashpoint of considerable fighting during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. This reached a climax in summer 1992, when the Azerbaijani army was able to retain its control over most of the area. Damage was severe and the Armenian population fled. Shaumian was renamed to Aşağı Ağcakənd in 1992, and the town has since been partly re-populated by Azerbaijani refugees and internally displaced persons.[6]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Belediyye Informasiya Sistemi" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on September 24, 2008.
  2. ^ "Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...)". iriston.com.
  3. ^ a b Сергей Новиков: Нагорный Карабах. Фронт за околицей. Часть третья, 19 май, 2017 (Map with names)
  4. ^ G. Melvyn Howe, Ronald Grigor Suny, Aleksey Aleksandrovich Mints, Charles James Frank Dowsett, Armenia, Encyclopaedia Britannica. Quote: "In mountainous Karabakh a group of five Armenian maliks (princes) succeeded in conserving their autonomy and maintained a short period of independence (1722–30) during the struggle between Persia and Turkey at the beginning of the 18th century; despite the heroic resistance of the Armenian leader David Beg, the Turks occupied the region but were driven out by the Persians under the general Nādr Qolī Beg (from 1736–47, Nādir Shah) in 1735."
    - Encyclopaedia of Islam. — Leiden: BRILL, 1986. — vol. 1. — p. 639–640.
    - Րաֆֆի (Հակոբ Մելիք-Հակոբյան). Խամսայի մելիքութիւնները: Ղարաբաղի աստղագէտը: Գաղտնիքն Ղարաբաղի, Վիեննա, 1906. [Raffi (Hakob Melik-Hakobyan). The History of Karabagh's Meliks, Vienna, 1906, in Armenian. Another edition is «Խամսայի մելիքությունները», Երկերի ժողովածու, Երևան, 1964. Collection of Yerkrapah, Yerevan, 1964.]
  5. ^ Egbert Jahn, Nationalism in Late and Post-Communist Europe, vol. 2, Nomos, 2009, p. 277.
  6. ^ Trailblazer "Azerbaijan with Excursions to Georgia", Hindhead, UK, 2004; p245

External links[edit]

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