Turshsu, Nagorno-Karabakh
Turshsu / Lisagor
Turşsu / Լիսագոր | |
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  Turshsu / Lisagor  Turshsu / Lisagor | |
| Coordinates: 39°41′15″N 46°38′35″E / 39.68750°N 46.64306°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Shusha |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 130 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
Turshsu (Template:Lang-az) or Lisagor (Template:Lang-hy) is a village that is in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population before they fled the fighting of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[2]
History
The village was founded in the beginning of the 20th century as the Russian settlement of Lysogor (Template:Lang-ru) in the Shusha Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate in the Russian Empire.[3] In 1914, 36 people lived in the village, mostly Russians.[4]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
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, and a medical centre. The Lisagor branch of the Shushi Children's Music School is also located in the village.[1]
Demographics
The village had 88 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 130 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ L.G. Guliyeva, F.A.Mamedbeyli, E.A.Geydarova, G.O. Kerimova. (2006). Dictionary of the Russian insular dialect of Azerbaijan (2nd ed.). Baku: Baku State University Publishing House.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ A.A. Elzenger & N.P. Strelamshchuk, ed. (1914). Caucasian Calendar. Tbilisi: Printing house of the Chancellery of the Governor E. I. V. in the Caucasus. p. 153.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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