Holy Ascension church in Lachin (Berdzor), Lachin corridor, Nagorno Karabakh
Lachin (Azerbaijani: Laçın, literally hawk, Armenian: Բերձոր, romanized: Berdzor) is a town which is the de jure centre of the Lachin District of Azerbaijan, de facto under the occupation of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh since 1992 as part of its Kashatagh Province. Lachin (Berdzor) and the surrounding region serve as the strategic Lachin corridor (Azerbaijani: laçın koridoru, Armenian: Լաչինի միջանցք), which connects Nagorno Karabakh with Armenia, and is under the supervision of the Russian peacekeeping force following the ceasefire agreement, ending the Second Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Lachin (Berdzor) was formerly known as Abdallar, named after the turkic Abdal tribe, until it was granted town status in 1923 and then renamed Lachin in 1926. In the early 1920s, Vladimir Lenin's letter to Narimanov had implied that Lachin (Berdzor) was to be included in Azerbaijan, but the authorities in Baku and Yerevan were given promises that were inevitably contradictory. The town of Lachin (Berdzor) on 7 July 1923 became the administrative centre of Kurdistansky Uyezd, often known as Red Kurdistan before it was moved to Shusha. It was dissolved on 8 April 1929: Kurdish schools and newspapers were closed.
On 30 May 1930, the Kurdistan Okrug replaced the uyezd. It included the territory of the former Kurdistansky uyezd, as well as Zangilansky District and a part of Dzhebrailsky District. The okrug, like the uyezd before it, was founded to appeal to Kurds beyond Soviet borders in Iran and Turkey, but the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs would ultimately protest this policy due its negative effect on relations with Turkey and Iran. Due to these concerns, the okrug was abolished less than a month after its foundation, on 23 July 1930.
In the late 1930s, Soviet authorities deported most of the local Kurdish population as well as much of the Kurds elsewhere Azerbaijan and Armenia to Kazakhstan.
First Nagorno Karabakh war
Lachin (Berdzor) and the surrounding rayon were the locations of severe fighting during the First Nagorno-Karabakh war in 1990–1994, and Lachin (Berdzor) has not wholly recovered from the destruction of that war. Lachin (Berdzor) has significant importance because of the Lachin corridor, which links Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh. Around 7,800 Azerbaijanis and Kurds became IDPs as a result of forceful deportations during the occupation. The Armenian forces had also burned down Lachin (Berdzor).
The OSCE Minsk Group co-chairs noted that Lachin (Berdzor) has been treated as a separate case in previous negotiations. The Lachin corridor and the Kelbajar district have been at the centre of Armenian demands during the Nagorno-Karabakh peace talks with Azerbaijan.
2020 Nagorno Karabakh war
Following the ceasefire agreement ending the 2020 Nagorno Karabakh war, the Lachin District was set to be handed over to Azerbaijan on December 1, with Russian peacekeepers securing the Lachin corridor which passes thorough Lachin (Berdzor). However, the unclear and unstable situation in the region have caused many ethnic Armenians to evacuate from Lachin (Berdzor).
The Diocese of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի թեմ, romanized: Artsakhi t'em) is one of the largest dioceses of the Armenian Apostolic Church covering the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. It is named after the historic province of Artsakh; the 10th province of the Kingdom of Armenia. The diocesan headquarters are located on Ghazanchetots street 72, in the town of Shusha. The seat of the bishop is the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral.
Here is the list of churches, monasteries and chapels functioning under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Artsakh, along with their location and year of consecration:
Vankasar Church, near Martakert, 7th century
Holly Resurrection Church, Hadrut, 1621
Saint John the Baptist Church (Kanach Zham), Shusha, 1818
Saint John the Baptist Church, Martakert, 1881
Ghazanchetsots Holy Savior Cathedral, Shusha, 1888
Church of the Holy Ascension, Berdzor, 1998
Church of the Holy Martyrs, Aghavno, 2002
Church of the Holy Mother of God, Askeran, 2002
Church of St. Nerses the Great, Martuni, 2004
Surp Sarkis Church, Harutyunagomer, 2005
Surp Sarkis Church, Yeghtsahogh, 2006
Saint James' Church, Stepanakert, 2007
Saint Anthony Church, Zaglik, 2009
Saint George's Church, Mets Shen, 2011
Church of the Holy Mother of God, Vaghuhas, 2012
Saint George's Church, Nerkin Horatagh, 2012
Saint John the Baptist Church, Karaglukh, 2013
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Nagorno Karabakh WAR BMP2 Tank, Nagorno Karabakh and Armenia border
Nagorno Karabakh WAR memorial BMP2 Tank, Charektar Nagorno Karabakh border with Armenia.
The Nagorno Karabakh War, referred to in Armenia as the Artsakh Liberation War, was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from the late 1980s to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno Karabakh backed by Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan. As the war progressed, Armenia and Azerbaijan, both former Soviet Republics, entangled themselves in protracted, undeclared mountain warfare in the mountainous heights of Karabakh as Azerbaijan attempted to curb the secessionist movement in Nagorno Karabakh. The enclave's parliament had voted in favor of uniting itself with Armenia and a referendum, boycotted by the Azerbaijani population of Nagorno Karabakh, was held, whereby most of the voters voted in favor of independence. The demand to unify with Armenia began in a relatively peaceful manner in 1988; in the following months, as the Soviet Union disintegrated, it gradually grew into an increasingly violent conflict between Armenians and Azerbaijanis, resulting in ethnic cleansing, with Sumgait pogrom (1988), Baku pogrom (1990) and Khojaly Massacre (1992) being notable examples. Inter-ethnic clashes between the two broke out shortly after the parliament of the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) in Azerbaijan voted to unify the region with Armenia on 20 February 1988. The Nagorno Karabakh declaration of secession from Azerbaijan was the final result of a territorial conflict regarding the land. As Azerbaijan declared its independence from the Soviet Union and removed the powers held by the enclave's government, the Armenian majority voted to secede from Azerbaijan and in the process proclaimed the unrecognized Republic of Nagorno Karabakh.
Full-scale fighting erupted in early 1992. International mediation by several groups including the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE) failed to bring an end resolution that both sides could work with. In early 1993, Armenian forces captured regions outside the enclave itself, threatening the involvement of other countries in the region. By the end of the war in 1994, the Armenians were in full control of the enclave (with the exception of the Shahumyan Region) in addition to surrounding areas, most notably the Lachin Corridor - a mountain pass that links Nagorno Karabakh with mainland Armenia. A Russian-brokered ceasefire was signed in May 1994, but regular peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group have failed to result in a peace treaty. This has left the Nagorno Karabakh area in a state of legal limbo, with the Republic of Artsakh remaining de facto independent but internationally unrecognized while Armenian forces currently control approximately 9% of Azerbaijan's territory outside the enclave. As many as 230,000 Armenians from Azerbaijan and 700,000 Azerbaijanis from Armenia and Karabakh have been displaced as a result of the conflict.
The territorial ownership of Nagorno Karabakh today is heavily contested between Armenians and Azerbaijanis. The current conflict has its roots in events following World War I. Shortly before the Ottoman Empire's capitulation in the war, the Russian Empire collapsed in November 1917 and fell under the control of the Bolsheviks. The three nations of the Caucasus, Armenians, Azerbaijanis and Georgians, previously under the rule of the Russian Empire, declared the formation of the Transcaucasian Federation which dissolved after only three months of existence.
The BMP2 (Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty, Russian: Боевая Машина Пехоты, literally infantry combat vehicle) is a second-generation, amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP1 of the 1960s.
Although the BMP-1 was a revolutionary design, its main armament, the 2A28 Grom and the 9S428 ATGM launcher capable of firing 9M14 Malyutka (NATO: AT-3A Sagger A) and 9M14M Malyutka-M (NATO: AT-3B Sagger B) ATGMs, quickly became obsolete. Therefore, the Soviet Union decided to produce an updated and improved version of the BMP-1. The main emphasis was put on improving the main armament. In 1972, work got under-way to develop an improved version of the BMP-1.
During its combat debut in the Yom Kippur War, Egyptian and Syrian BMPs proved vulnerable to 50 calibre machine-gun fire in the sides and rear, and to 106 mm M40 recoilless rifles. The 73 mm gun proved inaccurate beyond 500 metres, and the AT-3 Sagger missile could not be guided effectively from the confines of the turret.
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Gandzasar Monastery Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian cathedral (Գանձասար - Гандзасар)
Gandzasar Monastery (Armenian: Գանձասար, Russian: Гандзасар) is a 13th-century Armenian Apostolic cathedral (historically a monastery) near the village of Vank in the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh in Armenian). Gandzasar has historically been the region's most important church. Gandzasar is one of the best pieces of Armenian architecture of the mid-1200s, the building is best known among scholars for its richly decorated dome.
The name Gandzasar, which means treasure mountain in Armenian, is believed to have originated from the tradition that the Gandzasar monastery was built on a hill containing ores of silver and other metals.
Gandzasar site was first mentioned in written records by the tenth century Catholicos Anania of Moks (r. 946-968), who listed Sargis, a monk from Gandzasar, among the participants of a 949 council convened in Khachen to reconcile Chalcedonian and non-Chalcedonian Armenians. Khachkars dated 1174, 1182, 1202 have been found around Gandzasar monastery which also point to the existence of a church or monastery at the site.
Gandzasar main church was built between 1216 and 1238 by Hasan-Jalal Dawla, the Armenian prince of Inner Khachen and the patriarch of the House of Hasan-Jalalyan. Gandzasar was consecrated on July 22, 1240, on the Feast of the Transfiguration (Vardavar) in attendance of some 700 priests. Gandzasar´s gavit (narthex), to the west of the church, was started in 1240 completed in 1266 by Atabek, the son of Hasan-Jalal and his wife, Mamkan. Kirakos Gandzaketsi, a contemporary historian, described the construction of Gandzasar´s church in his History of Armenia.
Gandzasar became the seat of the Catholicosate of (Caucasian) Albania, a see of the Armenian Apostolic Church, in the late 14th century. Rouben Paul Adalian considers the foundation of the see a result of an ancient bishopric seeking ecclesiastical autonomy to compensate for the lack of control and communication from a central pontificate and part of various local strategies in an Armenia dominated by foreign and Islamic rule to preserve some semblance of religious authority among the people. In the 16th century it became subordinate to the Etchmiadzin catholicosate.
Since its foundation Gandzasar monastery was a center of education and manuscript production. According to contemporary sources, in early 1700s the patriarch of Gandzasar had authority over some 900 villages with hundreds of households in each, composed of peasant and merchant Armenians.
In the 17th and 18th centuries Gandzasar became the center in the liberation efforts by Karabakh Armenian meliks, who were united around Catholicos Yesayi Hasan-Jalalyan (d. 1728). He was staunchly pro-Russian and in a 1701 letter signed by Karabakh and Syunik meliks, he asked Peter the Great to protect Armenians from Muslims. However, it was not until the early 1800s that the Russian Empire took control of Nagorno Karabakh. The Karabakh Khanate eventually came under complete Russian control through the Treaty of Gulistan. Through the 1836 regulation by the Russian authorities, known as Polozhenie, Gandzasar ceased to be the seat of the diocese of Karabakh, which was moved to Shusha. Gandzasar was gradually abandoned and became dilapidated by the late 19th century
Gandzasar was closed down by the Soviet authorities no later than 1930. The diocese of Artsakh was reestablished in 1989. Archbishop Pargev Martirosyan was named its primate. Due to his efforts, Gandzasar reopened on October 1, 1989 after six months of renovations. The Soviet government had given permission, while that of Soviet Azerbaijan had not. Gandzasar became the first church to be reopened after decades of suppression. According to Zori Balayan several KGB agents could [have been] spotted among the crowd attending. Gandzasar served as seat of the bishop before it was moved to Ghazanchetsots Cathedral in Shusha (Shushi city) in 1998.
Gandzasar was attacked several times during the Nagorno Karabakh War. On July 6, 1991 Soviet soldiers and OMON (special police) officers raided Gandzasar allegedly in search of guns. They checked papers and conducted a thorough search, including in Gandzasar´s graveyard.
Fierce fighting took place around Gandzasar in 1992, when Azerbaijan sieged the area. The Armenians broke the siege, which saved Gandzasar and enhanced its spiritual status, wrote Thomas de Waal. On August 16, 1992 some of the outlying buildings within Gandzasar monastery complex were destroyed as a result of Azerbaijani bombardment by helicopters, which intentionally targeted the church.
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Dadivank monastery Դադիվանք ⛪ , Nagorno Karabakh, Armenian Monastery
Dadivank monastery, Nagorno Karabakh.
Dadivank (Armenian: Դադիվանք) also Khutavank (Armenian: Խութավանք – Arm. Monastery on the Hill) is an Armenian monastery in the Shahumian Region of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, de jure Kalbajar District in Armenia. It was built between the 9th and 13th century.
The Dadivank monastery was founded by St. Dadi, a disciple of Thaddeus the Apostle who spread Christianity in Eastern Armenia during the first century AD. However, The Dadivank monastery was first mentioned in the 9th century. In June, 2007, the grave of St. Dadi was discovered under the holy altar of Dadivank main church. The princes of Upper Khachen are also buried at Dadivank, under Dadivank church's gavit.
The Dadivank Monastery belongs to the Artsakh Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and consists of the Cathedral church of St. Astvadzadzin, the chapel and a few other buildings. Dadivank´s main church has Armenian script engraved into its walls, in addition to several 13th century frescoes. The bas-relief on the south facade of the cathedral at Dadivank, built in 1214, shows the princess offering the church in memory of her sons. According to Paolo Cuneo, Dadivank is one of two Monasteries along with Gandzasar where bust motifs (possiblly the donors of the monasteries) can be found.
On 8 October 2001, motion 9256 was proposed (but not discussed, let alone approved) at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on behest of sixteen parliamentary members. According to the motion, the local Muslim population regarded as remnants of the Armenian Christian religion and ruined the monastery as it could
In 1994, following the end of the Nagorno Karabakh war, Dadivank monastery was reopened and in 2004, a renovation process began with funding from Armenian American businesswoman Edele Hovnanian , ending in 2005. Dadivank restoration efforts restored the cathedral, along with a chapel which was restored by Edik Abrahamian, an Armenian from Tehran, Iran.
In August 2017, Italian specialists who had previously conducted restoration operations at Davidank returned to continue their cleaning and restoration of Dadivank monastery. They had already restored of the four chapels and their frescoes, and were now planning to restore inscriptions and ornaments near the doors to the chapels. The entire restoration project is planned to be completed by 2020.
However, as a result of Nagorno Karabakh war in 2020 which resulted in a ceasefire agreement stipulating an Armenian withdrawal from Dadivank and a return of the surrounding area to Azerbaijan, the Abbot of the Dadivank Monastery decided to transport the monastery's Christian art of significance, including bells and khachkars, to Armenia. After the withdrawal of Armenian forces from the region, Dadivank monastery was placed under the protection of the Russian peacekeeping forces. However, on 28 November 2020, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence released footage from inside the monastery. The Azerbaijani authorities allowed the Armenian monks to stay in Dadivank monastery. On 4 December 2020, representatives of the Udi community of Azerbaijan visited Dadivank monastery and performed a prayer inside.
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Switch To M11 Highway Towards Vardenis Town in Gegharkunik Province Video and Photos
Switch To M11 Highway Towards Vardenis Town in Gegharkunik Province Video and Photos | MeTo Way
Mercy left early from Martuni Town for Vardenis Town. This route is beautiful, most of it is farmland and forest, and there are parts of the lake shore are fishing areas using old -fashioned methods.
The distance from Martuni Town to Vardenis Town is around 40 kilometers via the M11 Highway.
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00:00 Leaving Martuni Town
00:32 Continues on M11 Highway
07:00 Fishing ground along M11 Highway
09:12 M11 Highway Vardenis Town
09:19 Photograph on the road
12:09 Endnotes
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Vardenis is a town and urban municipal community in the southeastern part of the Gegharkunik Province. This town is located in the valley of the Masrik River, on the territory of the Masrik artesian basin near the southeastern shores of Lake Sevan.
Arménie a Náhorní Karabach 2015 - 10.díl Goris-Stěpanakert
Etapa: start Goris, přejezd hranice do Náhorního Karabachu, cíl Stěpanakert. Ubytování v hotelu, večer procházka po městě, kde zrovna probíhala slavnost.
Artsakh 2013
Our travels through Artsakh
Bernard Kouchner visits Artsakh
Bernard Kouchner, co-founder of Médecins Sans Frontières and member of the #AuroraPrize Selection Committee, accompanied by humanitarians Alain Boinet, Founder of Solidarités International and Patrice Franceschi have recently visited #Artsakh to show their solidarity and support local humanitarian efforts, including those assisted by the Aurora Humanitarian Initiative. #GratitudeInAction
Shushi
Armenian victory against Azeri-Turks.
Nagorno-Karabakh: A War Zone
The Song is Black Garden by C-Rouge. I thought it would give it a good gothic feel to the scenes.
For those of you who have no idea what Nagorno-Karabaxh is, it's a territory that is being fought over to this day between the Armenians and the Azeris.
It was Soviet territory, and when Soviet rule fell, that is when the violence really started to happen. It is still being fought over, and unlike the Palestinian/Israeli conflict, it's not a more than 1000 year-old conflict, it's more like a 90-200 year old conflict.
However, I sadly say that it could become the next Israeli/Palestinian conflict if we aren't careful and don't play our diplomatic cards correctly.
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Tigranakert Castle - Historical-Cultural Reserve, Karabakh Republic, July 2017
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Advancing Armenia’s Knowledge-based Economy - Horasis Extraordinary Meeting, October 1, 2020
Advancing Armenia’s Knowledge-based Economy
Despite the global COVID-induced economic uncertainties, the Armenian economy is expected to grow in the years to come. Armenia’s strategic planning for growth across its knowledge-based economy is of paramount importance. How can the country nurture benevolent disruption and innovation? And what does Armenia’s investment landscape look like?
• Armen Sarkissian, President of Armenia, Armenia
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• Vahe Badalyan, Chairman, Badalyan Brothers Group of Companies, Armenia
• Hakob Hakobyan, Founder, Startup Armenia Foundation, Armenia
• Marie Lou Papazian, Chief Executive Officer, TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, Armenia
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• Adi Ignatius, Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Business Review, USA
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Cycling Armenia
2 week cycling holiday in Armenia in September 2015.
Note: at the end I say 'En nou gaan we heel snel weg' (let's leave quickly). This is not meant in a rude way, but because the nice man we met kept looking for things to offer us and we were afraid that if we stayed he would have even given us more (we had already received 2 peaches, 2 apples, some plums and dried apples).
Garni Temple Part 3 Armenia November 2013