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'''Daşkəsən''' ({{lang-az|'''Daşkəsən'''}}) is a city and municipality in and the capital of the [[Dashkasan Rayon]] of modern [[Azerbaijan]]. It has a population of 10801. The municipality consists of the city of Daşkəsən and the village of [[Alunitdağ]].<ref>{{AJmuni}}</ref>
'''Daşkəsən''' ({{lang-az|'''Daşkəsən'''}}, {{lang-hy|'''Քարհատ''' (Qarhat)}} is a city and municipality in and the capital of the [[Dashkasan Rayon]] of modern [[Azerbaijan]].{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} It has a population of 31238. The municipality consists of the city of Daşkəsən and the village of [[Alunitdağ]].<ref>{{AJmuni}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The city's name means ''Rock Cutter'' in [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]] translation of this name, in which Azerbaijani ''daş'' and ''kəsən'' is rooted in the verb ''kəsmək'', "to cut", thus referring to a place where rocks have been hacked.<ref>[http://www.mct.gov.az/?/en/cities/view/246/ Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan:Dashkesen city]</ref>
The city's name is of [[Armenian language]] is '''Qarhat''' origin and means ''Rock Cutter'' same as [[Azerbaijani language|Azerbaijani]] translation of this name, in which Azerbaijani ''daş'' and Armenian '''qar''' means "stone" and Armenian '''hat(el)''' and Azerbayjani ''kəsən'' is rooted in the verb ''kəsmək'' (Armenian - ''kisel'') , "to cut", thus referring to a place where rocks have been hacked.<ref>[http://www.mct.gov.az/?/en/cities/view/246/ Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan:Dashkesen city]</ref>


==History==
==History==
Founded in 4 century A.D. as [[Armenian]] settlement named as '''Qarhat''' in the [[Koght]] district of [[Armenian kingdom|Historical Armenia]]'s [[Artsakh]] province. The middle ages in Qarhat are characterized with the development of cultural work. Before 18th century district's population was clearly [[Armenians]]. Before 1991 Armenian massacres known as [[Operation_Ring|Operation Ring]] in Northern Artsakh 72% of district's population still remain [[Armenians]]. Second settlement was built in 1944. Later, in 1948 Qarhat/Daşkəsən received the status of city. The administrative region of Azerbaijan SSR-the region Dashkesen (formerly known as Destefur till 1956) established in 1930. In 1963 it was liquidated and the territory of the region attached to the region Khanlar and in 1965. As of January 01, 2004 the area of the region was 1,047 km2 and the population was 31,238. <ref>[http://www.azerbaijan.az/_Districts/_districts_e.html Brief information on history of Dashkesen]</ref>
The mountains of Dashkesen were used as pastures for a long time. The most beautiful pastures of the South Caucasus are located here and in Khoshbulag. Khoshbulag was inhabited by the primitive people in the Stone Age whose main engagement was hunting. In the 3rd century B.C. people engaged in animal breeding rose to Khoshbulag pastures. The tradition is followed up today.
In 1988 Armenian population of the Daşkəsən was subjected to attacks form Azeri-populated villages. During [[Operation Ring]] soviet soldiers and Azerbaijani gangs started massacres peaceful Armenian population. As a result, several thousand IDP left [[Northern-Artsakh]] and hundreds Armenians was killed of beatings and tortures <ref>[http://analitika.at.ua/news/aliev_zabyl_o_nedavnikh_pogromakh_armjan/2011-04-22-43808 Look to Ethnic cleanings in Dashkesan at analitika.at.ua],
Dashkesen summer pastures are 2000 m high from sea level. Different animal-breeding tribes settled here and built Cyclops-like small towers to protect themselves from attacks. Since that period Dashkesen turned to the place of settlement.
</ref>, <ref>[http://sumgait.info/caroline-cox/ethnic-cleansing-in-progress/operation-ring.htm Baroness Caroline Cox and John Eibner about Ethnic Cleansings in Soviet Azerbaijan]</ref>


Dashkesan's district has '''Vskatel, [[Targmanchats_Monastery|Targmantshats]], Okhte Yeghtsi, Kaghni khach, Svretsiq, Madsnaberdi vanq, Khachaxbyur''' and '''Dastapor''' [[Armenian]] monasteries, Armenian churches inside '''Hambarak, Getamidj, Tsndsahal, Dastapor, Almali, Ghapaghtapa, Hatstap, Galinghaya, Amrvar, Pib(Zaglik), Verin Qarhat, Nerkin Qarhat, Khachakap(Ghushchu), Hartshangist(Chovdar)''' settlements and two inside '''Banants(Bayan)''' settlement. Also Dashkesan's district include '''23 Armenian cemeteries''' with '''20-250''' Armenian [[Khachkar|cross-stone]] monuments in each of them. <ref>[http://www.aua.am/extens/N_maps/3raa_arch_and_maps/image/PDF/03Dashkesan.pdf Historical sites of Dashkesan district]</ref>
Tumuli type burying monuments found in the archaeological digs carried out in 1959-1960 in the places of ancient settlement in Dashkesen show that people used this area as summer pastures and there was only one way to those pastures in summer- north-east, the valley of the river Kur.
Tumuli type burying monuments found in the archaeological digs carried out in 1959-1960 in the places of ancient settlement in Qarhat show that people used this area as summer pastures and there was only one way to those pastures in summer- north-east, the valley of the river Kur.


Before Islam the local population practiced Christianity and for the reason that Islam was poorly spread in the mountains of Dashkesen, one can find here plenty of Albanian-Christian temples.

The middle ages in Dashkesen are characterized with the development of cultural work.


==Industry==
The region Dashkesen is very rich for its natural resources. In the period of the Soviet Union the so-called strategic products of the region, i.e. iron-stone, aluminium, cobalt, marble and others were actively exploited.
The region Dashkesen is very rich for its natural resources. In the period of the Soviet Union the so-called strategic products of the region, i.e. iron-stone, aluminium, cobalt, marble and others were actively exploited.


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==Prominent People from Daşkəsən==
The administrative region of Azerbaijan SSR-the region Dashkesen (formerly known as Destefur till 1956) established in 1930. In 1963 it was liquidated and the territory of the region attached to the region Khanlar and in 1965. As of January 01, 2004 the area of the region was 1,047 km2 and the population was 31,238. <ref>[http://www.azerbaijan.az/_Districts/_districts_e.html Brief information on history of Dashkesen]</ref> In 1988 armenian population of the Daşkəsən began to arm and attacked Azeri-populated villages. During [[Operation Ring]] soviet soldiers and Azerbaijani law-enforcement officers erased those gangs. Several thousand IDP from occupied [[Nagorno-Karabakh]] territory of Azerbaijan is settled in here.


*[http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/bse/108095/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%8F%D0%BD Meliq Melikyan] - Notable [[armenians|Armenian]] statesman and revolutioner (1868-1918)
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==Prominent People from Daşkəsən==
*[http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B3%D1%8F%D0%BD,_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 Grigor Baghyan] - hero of [[USSR]] (ethnic [[armenians|Armenian]]) (1912-1965)
*[http://lpcs.math.msu.su/~uspensky/bib/Uspensky_2006_UMN_Adyan.pdf Sergey Adyan] - famouse [[armenians|Armenian]] mathematician (1931)
*[http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=4312 Khachatur Meliqyan] - Hero of the Soviet Union (ethnic [[armenians|Armenian]]) (1911-1942)
*[[Garegin Karapetyan]] - hero of [[USSR]] (ethnic [[armenians|Armenian]]) (1909-1945)
*[[Javad oglu Huseynov]] - Poet
*[[Javad oglu Huseynov]] - Poet
*[[Bayramov Maharram Ahad oglu]] - Honorable doctor of Azerbaijan SSR
*[[Bayramov Maharram Ahad oglu]] - Honorable doctor of Azerbaijan SSR

Revision as of 05:18, 7 May 2011

For the administrative district, see Dashkasan Rayon; for the settlement and municipality also called Daşkəsən, see Daşkəsən (settlement); for the village in Jabrayil Rayon, see Daşgəsən; for the place in Zanjan Province of Iran , see Dashkasan.

40°29′41″N 46°04′38″E / 40.49472°N 46.07722°E / 40.49472; 46.07722

Daşkəsən
City & Municipality
Country Azerbaijan
RayonDashkasan
Population
 (2008)[1]
 • Total31,238
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

Daşkəsən (Template:Lang-az, Template:Lang-hy is a city and municipality in and the capital of the Dashkasan Rayon of modern Azerbaijan.[citation needed] It has a population of 31238. The municipality consists of the city of Daşkəsən and the village of Alunitdağ.[2]

Etymology

The city's name is of Armenian language is Qarhat origin and means Rock Cutter same as Azerbaijani translation of this name, in which Azerbaijani daş and Armenian qar means "stone" and Armenian hat(el) and Azerbayjani kəsən is rooted in the verb kəsmək (Armenian - kisel) , "to cut", thus referring to a place where rocks have been hacked.[3]

History

Founded in 4 century A.D. as Armenian settlement named as Qarhat in the Koght district of Historical Armenia's Artsakh province. The middle ages in Qarhat are characterized with the development of cultural work. Before 18th century district's population was clearly Armenians. Before 1991 Armenian massacres known as Operation Ring in Northern Artsakh 72% of district's population still remain Armenians. Second settlement was built in 1944. Later, in 1948 Qarhat/Daşkəsən received the status of city. The administrative region of Azerbaijan SSR-the region Dashkesen (formerly known as Destefur till 1956) established in 1930. In 1963 it was liquidated and the territory of the region attached to the region Khanlar and in 1965. As of January 01, 2004 the area of the region was 1,047 km2 and the population was 31,238. [4] In 1988 Armenian population of the Daşkəsən was subjected to attacks form Azeri-populated villages. During Operation Ring soviet soldiers and Azerbaijani gangs started massacres peaceful Armenian population. As a result, several thousand IDP left Northern-Artsakh and hundreds Armenians was killed of beatings and tortures [5], [6]

Dashkesan's district has Vskatel, Targmantshats, Okhte Yeghtsi, Kaghni khach, Svretsiq, Madsnaberdi vanq, Khachaxbyur and Dastapor Armenian monasteries, Armenian churches inside Hambarak, Getamidj, Tsndsahal, Dastapor, Almali, Ghapaghtapa, Hatstap, Galinghaya, Amrvar, Pib(Zaglik), Verin Qarhat, Nerkin Qarhat, Khachakap(Ghushchu), Hartshangist(Chovdar) settlements and two inside Banants(Bayan) settlement. Also Dashkesan's district include 23 Armenian cemeteries with 20-250 Armenian cross-stone monuments in each of them. [7] Tumuli type burying monuments found in the archaeological digs carried out in 1959-1960 in the places of ancient settlement in Qarhat show that people used this area as summer pastures and there was only one way to those pastures in summer- north-east, the valley of the river Kur.


Industry

The region Dashkesen is very rich for its natural resources. In the period of the Soviet Union the so-called strategic products of the region, i.e. iron-stone, aluminium, cobalt, marble and others were actively exploited.

Prominent People from Daşkəsən

References

  1. ^ Population
  2. ^ Template:AJmuni
  3. ^ Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Azerbaijan:Dashkesen city
  4. ^ Brief information on history of Dashkesen
  5. ^ Look to Ethnic cleanings in Dashkesan at analitika.at.ua,
  6. ^ Baroness Caroline Cox and John Eibner about Ethnic Cleansings in Soviet Azerbaijan
  7. ^ Historical sites of Dashkesan district


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