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Sarushen, Nagorno-Karabakh

Coordinates: 39°43′20″N 46°54′20″E / 39.72222°N 46.90556°E / 39.72222; 46.90556
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Sarushen / Daghyurd
Սարուշեն / Dağyurd
Pirumashen Church in Sarushen
Pirumashen Church in Sarushen
Sarushen / Daghyurd is located in Republic of Artsakh
Sarushen / Daghyurd
Sarushen / Daghyurd
Sarushen / Daghyurd is located in Azerbaijan
Sarushen / Daghyurd
Sarushen / Daghyurd
Coordinates: 39°43′20″N 46°54′20″E / 39.72222°N 46.90556°E / 39.72222; 46.90556
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceAskeran
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Elevation
1,095 m (3,593 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total378
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Sarushen (Armenian: Սարուշեն) or Daghyurd (Azerbaijani: Dağyurd) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly 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]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a 12th/13th-century khachkar, the 17th-century church of Pirumashen (Armenian: Փիրումաշեն), restored in 2014 (possibly originating from as early as the 12th/13th century[3]), the 18th/19th-century village of Pirumashen (Փիրումաշեն), an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Amenaprkich (Armenian: Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ, lit. 'Holy Savior').[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, four shops, and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 388 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 378 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

  • Sign in Armenian reading "Sarushen"
    Sign in Armenian reading "Sarushen"
  • WWII monument
    WWII monument
  • Pirumashen Church
    Pirumashen Church

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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. ^ "The Churches of Artsakh". St. Nersess Armenian Seminary.
  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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