Artsakh

This article deals with the historical Armenian province of Arzach, for the territory assigned to the de facto regime in Azerbaijan see Republic of Arzach ; the fantastic comic series Arzach is treated under Jean Giraud # Moebius .

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Arzach up to the 9th century (green; pink: Sjunik )

Arzach ( Armenian Արցախ , scientific transliteration Arc̕ax, English transliteration Artsakh ; Russian Арцах ) was a province of the Armenian Empire in the first and second centuries BC. In 2006, Armenian archaeologists came across the remains of a city near Agdam , which is said to be the Tigranakert founded by Tigran the Great during this period (not to be confused with the city ​​of the same name, later called Martyropolis , in southeastern Turkey ). According to Azerbaijani historians, on the other hand, Artsakh was a province of the "Caucasian Albania" , which is regarded as one of the historical predecessors of today's Azerbaijan .

The historical Arzach comprised roughly a triangular area between the Kura , its right tributary Aras and Lake Sevan . Part of this area now belongs to the internationally unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (until 2017 the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh ). The eparchy of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering the territory of the republic is officially named Arzach .

See also

• History of Armenia
• History of Azerbaijan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Azərbaycan tarixi atlası . Azərbaycan Respublikası Dövlət Torpaq və Xəritəçəkmə Komitəsi. Azərbaycan Milli Elmlər Akademiyasının Tarix Institutu, Baku 2007, p. 14–15 ( Azerbaijan History Atlas ; Azerbaijani).