Mets Shen, Shusha
Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi
Մեծ Շեն / Böyük Qaladərəsi | |
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 Boyuk-Galadaresi May, 2026. | |
 Interactive map of Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi | |
  Mets Shen / Boyuk Galadarasi Location within Azerbaijan | |
| Coordinates: 39°39′30″N 46°36′07″E / 39.65833°N 46.60194°E | |
| Country |  Azerbaijan |
| • District | Shusha |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 116 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 |
Mets Shen (Armenian: Մեծ Շեն) or Boyuk Galadarasi (Azerbaijani: Böyük Qaladərəsi) is a village located in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
Toponymy
[edit]The village was known as Metskaladeresi (Russian: Мецкаладереси) during the Soviet period.[4]
History
[edit]During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites
[edit]Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Parin Pizh (Armenian: Պարին Պիժ) built in 1658, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[1]
Economy and culture
[edit]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.[1]
Demographics
[edit]The village had 92 inhabitants in 2005,[5] and 116 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
Gallery
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Boyuk Galadarasi Skyline.
Parin Pizh Church
May 2026
Notable people
[edit]- Davit Ananun, Armenian historian, journalist, and socialist activist
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ↑ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ↑ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
- ↑ Landmine Mapper. "Azerbaijan (& Nagorno Karabakh) Topographic Map 1:200,000 Russian Soviet Military". GigaPan.
- ↑ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
External links
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