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Place
Skhtorashen / Shykh Dursun Սխտորաշեն / Şıx Dursun
A sign towards Tnjri, a 2000-year old plane-tree near SkhtorashenA sign towards Tnjri, a 2000-year old plane-tree near Skhtorashen
Skhtorashen / Shykh Dursun is located in AzerbaijanSkhtorashen / Shykh DursunSkhtorashen / Shykh Dursun
Coordinates: 39°42′13″N 46°56′26″E / 39.70361°N 46.94056°E / 39.70361; 46.94056
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 • Total19
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Skhtorashen (Armenian: Սխտորաշեն, also Şıxtoraşen, Skhtorasher, and Suktorashen) or Shykh Dursun (Azerbaijani: Şıx Dursun) 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 until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Near the village is a 2042 years old (as of 2022) giant Oriental plane tree (Platanus orientalis) named Tnjri, with a circumference of 27 m and height of 54 m.

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 Tnjri, a 2,000-year-old Oriental Plane, the 12th/13th-century village of Mavas (Armenian: Մավաս), the village of Hin Skhtorashen (Armenian: Հին Սխտորաշեն, lit. 'Old Skhtorashen') from between the 15th and 19th centuries, the 17th-century monastic complex of Yerek Mankuk (Armenian: Երեք մանկուք) in Mavas, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1731.

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. The village is part of the community of Karmir Shuka.

Demographics

The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and had 19 inhabitants in 2005.

Gallery

  • Tnjri, a 2000-year old plane-tree near Skhtorashen

References

  1. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  5. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.

External links

Martuni Province
Capital: Martuni
Urban communities
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Not under Artsakh control
Khojavend District
Capital: Khojavend (Martuni)
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