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Turshsu, Nagorno-Karabakh

Coordinates: 39°41′15″N 46°38′35″E / 39.68750°N 46.64306°E / 39.68750; 46.64306
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Turshsu / Lisagor
Turşsu / Լիսագոր
Turshsu / Lisagor is located in Azerbaijan
Turshsu / Lisagor
Turshsu / Lisagor
Coordinates: 39°41′15″N 46°38′35″E / 39.68750°N 46.64306°E / 39.68750; 46.64306
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictShusha
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total130
Time zoneUTC+4

Turshsu (Azerbaijani: Turşsu) or Lisagor (Armenian: Լիսագոր) is a village that is in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.

History

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The village was founded in the beginning of the 20th century as the Russian settlement of Lysogor (Russian: Лысогор) in the Shusha Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate in the Russian Empire.[2] In 1914, 36 people lived in the village, mostly Russians.[3]

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

Economy and culture

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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

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The village had 88 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 130 inhabitants in 2015.[1] The Azerbaijani population fled the fighting in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
  5. ^ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
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