Maragha, Azerbaijan

Place in Tartar, Azerbaijan

Maragha / Shikharkh Մարաղա / Şıxarx
40°19′48″N 46°52′48″E / 40.33000°N 46.88000°E / 40.33000; 46.88000
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Tartar
Elevation	15 m (49 ft)
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

Maragha (Armenian: Մարաղա; Azerbaijani: Marağa, also Maraga) or Shikharkh (Azerbaijani: Şıxarx), formerly known as Leninavan (between 1954–1992), is a town in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The town had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989, which had the status of a village at the time.^[1] The town was the site of a large massacre of ethnic Armenians by Azerbaijani forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

History

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

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

On 10 April 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village, known as Leninavan by then, was the scene of a massacre of ethnic Armenians by Azerbaijani forces,^[2] which has been described as an act of revenge after the Khojaly Massacre.^[3]

Population


Year	Armenians		Azerbaijanis		Russians		Ukrainians		Total
1970^[4]	3,712	95.1%	109	2.8%	64	1.6%	7	0.2%	3,905
1979^[5]	3,740	93.5%	172	4.3%	67	1.7%	7	0.2%	3,998
April 1992: Seizure by Azerbaijan. Massacre and Expulsion of Armenian population.

References

^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
^ De Waal, Thomas. Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. New York: New York University Press, 2003, p. 176.
^ Melkonian, Markar (2005). My Brother's Road: An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia. I.B.Tauris. pp. 213–214. ISBN 1-85043-635-5. Khojalu had been a strategic goal, but it had also been an act of revenge. Monte knew that enemy fighters would retaliate in kind, and sure enough, when Azeri forces overran the Armenian village of Maragha the next month, they slashed and burned Armenian captives.
^ "Result of the Soviet census of 1970 of the Martakert district". www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Retrieved 2021-12-28.
^ "Result of the Soviet census of 1979 of the Martakert district". www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Retrieved 2021-12-28.

External links

Maragha, Azerbaijan at GEOnet Names Server

Tartar District

Capital: Tartar

v t e Martakert Province
Capital: Martakert
Urban communities	Martakert
Rural communities	Aghabekalanj Arajadzor Chankatagh Chapar Chldran Drmbon Garnakar Ghazarahogh Getavan Harutyunagomer Haterk Imar Jraberd Khnkavan Kichan Kmkadzor Kochoghot Kolatak Kusapat Maghavuz Mehmana Mets Shen Mokhratagh Nareshtar Nerkin Horatagh Nor Ghazanchi Poghosagomer Seysulan Shahmasur Tblghu Tonashen Tsaghkashen Tsmakahogh Vaghuhas Vank Vardadzor Varnkatagh Verin Horatagh Zaglik Zardakhach
Not under Artsakh control	Andzavner Aygestan Dashtaglukh Hovtashen Karmiravan Levonarkh Mataghis Maragha Nor Aygestan Nor Haykajur Nor Karmiravan Nor Maragha Nor Seysulan Talish