Şahyeri

Shahyeri / Sarinshen
Şahyeri / Սարինշեն
Shahyeri / Sarinshen is located in Azerbaijan
Shahyeri / Sarinshen
Shahyeri / Sarinshen
Coordinates: 39°30′31″N 46°59′00″E / 39.50861°N 46.98333°E / 39.50861; 46.98333
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total
15
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Shahyeri (Azerbaijani: Şahyeri) or Sarinshen (Armenian: Սարինշեն) 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]

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.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars, tombstones, the spring monument of Verin (Armenian: Վերին, lit. 'upper'), and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[3]

Demographics

The village had 27 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 15 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  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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