Mets Shen, Shusha

Mets Shen (Armenian: Մեծ Շեն) or Boyuk Galadarasi (Azerbaijani: Böyük Qaladərəsi) is a village de facto in the Shushi Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Not to be confused with Mets Shen, Martakert.
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Մեծ Շեն / Böyük Qaladərəsi
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi is located in Republic of Artsakh
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi is located in Azerbaijan
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Coordinates: 39°39′30″N 46°36′07″E
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceShushi
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictShusha
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total116
Time zoneUTC+4

Toponymy

The village was known as Metskaladeresi (Russian: Мецкаладереси) during the Soviet period.[3]

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Parin Pizh (Armenian: Պարին Պիժ) built in 1658, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[1]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 92 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 116 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Parin Pizh Church
    Parin Pizh Church

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
  4. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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