Göyarx

Goyarkh (Azerbaijani: Göyarx) or Levonarkh (Armenian: Լեւոնարխ) is an abandoned village in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.[1]

Goyarkh / Levonarkh
Göyarx / Լեւոնարխ
Goyarkh / Levonarkh is located in Azerbaijan
Goyarkh / Levonarkh
Goyarkh / Levonarkh
Goyarkh / Levonarkh is located in Republic of Artsakh
Goyarkh / Levonarkh
Goyarkh / Levonarkh
Coordinates: 40°19′00″N 46°48′30″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictTartar
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. In 1993, the village came under the control of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Martakert Province coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village is on the ceasefire line between the armed forces of Artsakh and Azerbaijan. There have been allegations of cease-fire violations in the village's vicinity.[2][3][4]

References
  1. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  2. "Де Факто - Принуждение к конфликту: как Турция готовила почву для обострения в Нагорном Карабахе" [Compulsion towards conflict: how Turkey prepared the basis for escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh]. DeFacto.am (in Russian). 2020-10-17. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  3. "Карабахские военные сообщили об отражении атаки азербайджанского спецназа" [Nagorno-Karabakh military announces it repelled an attack by Azerbaijani special forces]. lenta.ru (in Russian). 2008-03-05. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
  4. "Перестрелка между военными Нагорного Карабаха и Азербайджана прекращена (Новая газета - Novayagazeta.ru)" [The exchange of fire between the militaries of Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan has stopped]. Новая газета - Novayagazeta.ru (in Russian). 2008-03-04. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
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