Taghaser

Taghaser (Armenian: Թաղասեռ; Azerbaijani: Tağaser) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is located close to the town of Hadrut. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]

Taghaser
Թաղասեռ
Tağaser
17th-century Surb Astvatsatsin Church
17th-century Surb Astvatsatsin Church
Taghaser is located in Azerbaijan
Taghaser
Taghaser
Coordinates: 39°31′08″N 47°00′42″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
843 m (2,766 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total434
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Toponymy

The name Taghaser derives from two Armenian words, Tagh, meaning quarter (of a city), and Ser, meaning vertex.[3]

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 on 14 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[4]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 14th/15th-century khachkar, the church of Taghaseri Anapat (Armenian: Թաղասեռի անապատ) built in 1635, the bridge of Hin Taghaser (Armenian: Հին Թաղասեռ, lit. 'Old Taghaser') built in 1763, the 17th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God'), the 17th-century village of Hin Shen (Armenian: Հին Շեն), a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, and a 20th-century spring monument.[1][5]

Demographics

The village had 491 inhabitants in 2005,[6] and 434 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Hin Taghaser Bridge built in 1763
    Hin Taghaser Bridge built in 1763
  • Taghaseri Anapat Church built in 1635
    Taghaseri Anapat Church built in 1635
  • Memorial to the fallen in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
    Memorial to the fallen in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

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. "ՍԵՌ перевод | Армянско-русский словарь".
  4. "Президент: Азербайджанская Армия освободила еще 8 сел" [President: The Azerbaijani Army has liberated 8 more villages]. Информационное Агентство Репорт (IA Report) (in Russian). 2020-10-14. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
  5. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  6. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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