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In addition to nearby [[Gtichavank Monastery]]<ref name="DTAAT"/> there are nearby ruins of some churches including Stepanos Nakhavkayi Church of the 13th century.<ref name="DTAAT"/> The village church is named Saint Hovhannes and was built in 1736.<ref name="DTAAT"/> A few of the Yezanyan Meliks are buried in the yard of Saint Hovhannes Church.<ref name="DTAAT"/>
In addition to nearby [[Gtichavank Monastery]]<ref name="DTAAT"/> there are nearby ruins of some churches including Stepanos Nakhavkayi Church of the 13th century.<ref name="DTAAT"/> The village church is named Saint Hovhannes and was built in 1736.<ref name="DTAAT"/> A few of the Yezanyan Meliks are buried in the yard of Saint Hovhannes Church.<ref name="DTAAT"/>


In March 1988, Armenian armed militia detachments were formed to defend the village from Soviet and Azerbaijani attacks during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and lives were lost.{{clarify|reason=Which lives? Armenian or Azerbaijani soldiers? Armenian or Azerbaijani civilians? And how many of them died?|date=February 2021}}<ref name="DTAAT"/> [[Armenian Army]] captured Tugh on October 30, 1991.<ref>[http://armeniapedia.org/wiki/Togh NKR President: Togh Liberation Was Historically Important]</ref> As a result of the war, local Azerbaijani villagers, who made up the majority in the village, were forced to flee and many settled in the [[Beylagan District]] of Azerbaijan. Since its capture, the village was made ''[[de facto]]'' part of the self-proclaimed [[Republic of Artsakh]] as part of its [[Hadrut Province]].<ref name="DTAAT">{{in lang|hy}} T. Kh. Hakobyan, St. T. Melik-Bakhshyan, H. Kh. Barseghyan ''«Երևան»'' (Yerevan). Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenia: [[Yerevan State University]] Press, 2001, pp. 117.</ref>
In March 1988, Armenian armed militia detachments were formed to defend the village from Soviet and Azerbaijani attacks during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and lives were lost.{{clarify|reason=Which lives? Armenian or Azerbaijani soldiers? Armenian or Azerbaijani civilians? And how many of them died?|date=February 2021}}<ref name="DTAAT"/> [[Armenian Army]] captured Tugh on October 30, 1991.<ref>[http://armeniapedia.org/wiki/Togh NKR President: Togh Liberation Was Historically Important]</ref> As a result of the war, local Azerbaijani villagers were forced to flee and many settled in the [[Beylagan District]] of Azerbaijan. Since its capture, the village was made ''[[de facto]]'' part of the self-proclaimed [[Republic of Artsakh]] as part of its [[Hadrut Province]].<ref name="DTAAT">{{in lang|hy}} T. Kh. Hakobyan, St. T. Melik-Bakhshyan, H. Kh. Barseghyan ''«Երևան»'' (Yerevan). Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenia: [[Yerevan State University]] Press, 2001, pp. 117.</ref>


The village became known for its wine-making.<ref>https://hetq.am/eng/news/54717/made-in-artsakh-kataro-wine-breaks-into-armenian-and-russian-markets.html</ref> Home-made wine is very common in Tugh. The "Kataro Winery" of Tugh was opened by the Avetissyan family in the Kataro vineyards in 2010.
The village became known for its wine-making.<ref>https://hetq.am/eng/news/54717/made-in-artsakh-kataro-wine-breaks-into-armenian-and-russian-markets.html</ref> Home-made wine is very common in Tugh. The "Kataro Winery" of Tugh was opened by the Avetissyan family in the Kataro vineyards in 2010.

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Tugh
Tuğ
Տող • Togh
A view of the village
A view of the village
Tugh is located in Azerbaijan
Tugh
Tugh
Coordinates: 39°35′06″N 46°57′55″E / 39.58500°N 46.96528°E / 39.58500; 46.96528
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictKhojavend
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total756
Time zoneUTC+4 (GMT)

Tugh (Azerbaijani: Tuğ) or Togh (Armenian: Տող) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had a mixed Azerbaijani-Armenian population prior to the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, when its Azerbaijani population were forcefully expelled by Armenian forces.[2][3][4]

History

Tugh and the neighbouring fortress of Ktishberd, are first mentioned in the 9th century, as the capital of the Principality of Dizak.[5] Here in 854, Esayi Abu-Muse, the Prince of Dizak, defeated a 200,000 strong Arabian army under the command of Bugha al-Kabir.

In 1737, Armenian Prince Melik Yegan built a palace here. The principality would go on to survive until the last prince, Yesayi Melik-Avanian, was killed by Ibrahim Khalil Khan in 1781, after a long-lasting resistance in the fortress of Ktishberd. Tugh was a part of the Karabakh Khanate until 1822 when it was annexed by Russia and became part of the Elisabethpol Governorate.

In 1903 a hospital was built and three years later a village school was opened which today functions as a middle school.[5] A new school was built in 1978, which was renovated for the first time in 2008 by the Armenia Fund.[6] There is also a house of culture, a movie theatre and a library.[5]

In addition to nearby Gtichavank Monastery[5] there are nearby ruins of some churches including Stepanos Nakhavkayi Church of the 13th century.[5] The village church is named Saint Hovhannes and was built in 1736.[5] A few of the Yezanyan Meliks are buried in the yard of Saint Hovhannes Church.[5]

In March 1988, Armenian armed militia detachments were formed to defend the village from Soviet and Azerbaijani attacks during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and lives were lost.[clarification needed][5] Armenian Army captured Tugh on October 30, 1991.[7] As a result of the war, local Azerbaijani villagers were forced to flee and many settled in the Beylagan District of Azerbaijan. Since its capture, the village was made de facto part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as part of its Hadrut Province.[5]

The village became known for its wine-making.[8] Home-made wine is very common in Tugh. The "Kataro Winery" of Tugh was opened by the Avetissyan family in the Kataro vineyards in 2010.

The village's Armenian population left it following the village's recapture by Azerbaijan on October 9, 2020 during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[9][10] The Artsakh Human Rights Defender alleged that two civilian was killed, with one of them beheaded, although he added that the case is not yet verified.[11]

Population

In 1921, there were 1,589 Armenians living here.[12] In 1974, there were 1,228 inhabitants in the village,[5] and in 1987 there were 1,421 inhabitants.[5]

The village had a population of 920 Azerbaijanis and 700 Armenians in 1989.[4] Its Azerbaijani inhabitants were expelled after the village's capture by Armenian forces. International civil rights society, Memorial wrote about the forced exodus of the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village, along with several other Azerbaijani villages around the area.[2]

In 2005, the population was 679 Armenians.[13]

Notable natives

References

  1. ^ Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ a b "СОБЫТИЯ, ПРЕДШЕСТВУЮЩИЕ ШТУРМУ ХОДЖАЛЫ". memo.ru (in Russian). Memorial. Archived from the original on 2010-07-31.
  3. ^ "ДОКЛАД ПРАВОЗАЩИТНОГО ЦЕНТРА "МЕМОРИАЛ" О МАССОВЫХ НАРУШЕНИЯХ ПРАВ ЧЕЛОВЕКА, СВЯЗАННЫХ С ЗАНЯТИЕМ НАСЕЛЕННОГО ПУНКТА ХОДЖАЛЫ В НОЧЬ С 25 НА 26 ФЕВРАЛЯ 1992 г. ВООРУЖЕННЫМИ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯМИ" (PDF). memohrc.org. Memorial. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b "ЭТО УЖЕ НЕ ТОТ ТУГ" (in Russian). 15 September 1989. Archived from the original on 2008-08-20. It is home to 920 Azerbaijanis and 700 Armenians. The Armenians found their homeland, but we, as it were, were left without it.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k (in Armenian) T. Kh. Hakobyan, St. T. Melik-Bakhshyan, H. Kh. Barseghyan «Երևան» (Yerevan). Dictionary of Toponymy of Armenia and Adjacent Territories. vol. v. Yerevan, Armenia: Yerevan State University Press, 2001, pp. 117.
  6. ^ Reconstruction of Togh Village School Completed
  7. ^ NKR President: Togh Liberation Was Historically Important
  8. ^ https://hetq.am/eng/news/54717/made-in-artsakh-kataro-wine-breaks-into-armenian-and-russian-markets.html
  9. ^ "Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...)". iriston.com.
  10. ^ "Daha 23 kənd işğaldan azad edildi". report.az (in Azerbaijani). 9 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Artsakh Human Rights Defender Claims Armenian Civilian's Death was Due to Azerbaijani Torture". hetq.am. 4 November 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  12. ^ "ДОКУМЕНТЫ И СВИДЕТЕЛЬСТВА - Данные переписи населения АзССР 1921 года". karabagh.am. Archived from the original on 2019-04-06.
  13. ^ Results of 2005 census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
  14. ^ Azerbaijani Soviet Encyclopedia. V. I.