Spitakashen, Hadrut

Spitakashen (Armenian: Սպիտակշեն; Azerbaijani: Spitakşen; meaning White Village) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[1]

Not to be confused with the village in easten Khojavend District, formerly called Spitakashen.

Spitakashen

Սպիտակշեն

Spitakşen
Spitakashen
Spitakashen
Coordinates: 39°32′20″N 46°42′42″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2005)
 • Total22
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

The village suffered during the Armenian–Azerbaijani War in 1918-1920. According to Armenian historian Richard G. Hovannisian, at the end of November 1918, local Azerbaijanis destroyed Spitakashen and two other Armenian villages, Petrosashen and Harar, the three remaining Armenian villages between Nagorno-Karabakh and Zangezur, thus dividing the two mountainous regions.[2]

The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.

References
  1. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  2. The Armenian People from Ancient to Modern Times (1997, Vol. 1), page 89
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