Susanlıq

Susanlyg (Azerbaijani: Susanlıq) or Mokhrenes (Armenian: Մոխրենես) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Susanlyg / Mokhrenes
Susanlıq / Մոխրենես
The monastery church of Okhty Drni
The monastery church of Okhty Drni
Susanlyg / Mokhrenes is located in Azerbaijan
Susanlyg / Mokhrenes
Susanlyg / Mokhrenes
Susanlyg / Mokhrenes is located in Republic of Artsakh
Susanlyg / Mokhrenes
Susanlyg / Mokhrenes
Coordinates: 39°34′10″N 46°55′47″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total180
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3] Subsequently, the 18th-century Armenian St. Sargis Church of the village was destroyed by Azerbaijan between March-July 2022.[4]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the 5th/6th-century monastery church of Okhty Drni (Armenian: Օխտը դռնի, lit. 'Seven Doors'), a 10th/11th-century khachkar, a 13th-century bridge, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the church of Surb Sargis (Armenian: Սուրբ Սարգիս) built in 1840.[1] St. Sargis church was destroyed between March and July 2022.[5]

Demographics

The village had 212 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 180 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Khachkar near the monastery church of Okhty Drni with an inscription from 1044
    Khachkar near the monastery church of Okhty Drni with an inscription from 1044[7]

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. "Azərbaycanın işğaldan azad edilmiş şəhər və kəndləri" [Liberated cities and villages of Azerbaijan]. TRT Azerbaijani (in Azerbaijani). 20 November 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  4. Lori Khatchadourian; Ian Lindsay; Adam T. Smith; Husik Ghulyan (June 2023). "Caucasus Heritage Watch Monitoring Report #5". Cornell Institute of Archaeology and Material Studies: Cornell University. p. 37.
  5. "Report shows near-total erasure of Armenian heritage sites". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
  6. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  7. "Մոխրենեսի "Օխտը դռնի" վանքը". monumentwatch.org.
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