Madagiz (Armenian: Մատաղիս, romanized: Mataghis) or Sugovushan (Azerbaijani: Suqovuşan, ), is a village in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3] Madagiz was part of the Martakert Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh between 10 April 1994 and 3 October 2020.
Madagiz
Մատաղիս • Mataghis | |
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Suqovuşan | |
![]() Residential houses in the village, 2011 | |
Coordinates: 40°19′33.1″N 46°45′00.8″E / 40.325861°N 46.750222°E | |
Land | ![]() ![]() |
District | Tartar |
Elevation | 434 m (1,424 ft) |
Population (2015)[2] | |
• Total | 665 |
Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
In 1943, during the Soviet period, Madagiz was given the status of an urban-type settlement within the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.[4] In 1949, Madagiz was home to an industrial complex, including a furniture factory and a lime production workshop. In 1953, a secondary school was opened. The Madagiz hydroelectric power station was built nearby on the banks of the Tartar River.
During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Azerbaijani forces launched an offensive into the Mardakert District in the summer of 1992, capturing most of the district. However, as the result of a counter-offensive, by the end of June 1993, Armenian forces managed to take control of almost the entire district.[5]
In April 2016, during the Four-Day War, the village found itself in the area of direct hostilities.[6][7][8] The village was captured by Azerbaijan on 3 October 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, with the Azerbaijani government renaming the village to Suqovuşan.[9]
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include tombs from the 2nd-1st millennia BCE, a 12th/13th-century khachkar, the Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery from between the 13th and 18th centuries with an adjacent chapel-mausoleum built in 1286 dedicated to Vachagan III (Armenian: Վաչագան Բարեպաշտի մատուռ-դամբարան, romanized: Vachagan Barepashti Matur-Dambaran), a two-storey building from 1552, the St. Yeghishe Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Եղիշե եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Yeghishe Yekeghetsi) from 1892-1898, and an 18th/19th-century cemetery.[2]
Geography
The village is located 30 kilometers northwest of the left bank of the river Tartar. To the west of the village lies a reservoir, which was created to supply water to the Tartar, Goranboy, and Yevlakh Districts of Azerbaijan.[10]
Economy and culture
In 2015, the population was mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, and the village had a municipal building, a secondary school, a kindergarten, and a medical centre.[2][11]
Demographics
In 1970, 271 people (236 Armenians, 30 Azerbaijanis, 44 Russians and nine Ukrainians) lived in the village.[12] Madagiz also had an Armenian majority-population in 1989.[3]
The village had 404 inhabitants in 2005,[13] and 665 inhabitants in 2015.[2]
According to the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons of Azerbaijan, as of 2020, 66 internally displaced persons from Madagiz were living in Azerbaijan.[14]
Gallery
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Church of St. Yeghishe in the northwestern part of the village
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Armenian khachkars in the wall in the monastery of St. Yeghishe
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Countryard of the monastery of St. Yeghishe
Notelist
References
- ^ "Արցախի տարածքները համարվում են օկուպացված Ադրբեջանի կողմից. ԱՀ ԱԺ հայտարարությունը" [The territories of the Artsakh Republic, which are under the control of Azerbaijan so far, are considered to be occupied by the Republic of Azerbaijan]. armenpress.am (in Armenian). 1 March 2021. Archived from the original on 7 March 2021. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
- ^ a b Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
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- ^ "Ադրբեջանական կողմի տեղեկությունը, թե Մատաղիս բնակավայրը իրենք գրավել են, սուտ է. 2 ժամից ավելի է՝ Մատաղիսում եմ, ոչ մի ազերի վիժվածք չկա. ՖՈՏՈՌԵՊՈՐՏԱԺ, ՏԵՍԱՆՅՈՒԹ". Լուրեր Հայաստանից | Shamshyan.com (in Armenian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ "Müdafiə Nazirliyi". 2016-09-07. Archived from the original on 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ "Azerbaijan forces take control of seven villages near Nagorno-Karabakh - president". TASS. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ^ "Спустя 28 лет вода из Суговушана пущена в реку Тертер". Информационное Агентство Репорт (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ Toronto Armenian community renovates school in Karabakh, October 1, 2016
- ^ "Мардакертский район 1970". www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
- ^ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
- ^ Азербайджан раскрыл численность населения освобожденных от оккупации населенных пунктов. Minval. 12 октября 2020.
- ^ "Ilham Aliyev: I restore historical name of Madagiz, it is henceforth called Sugovushan". 3 October 2020.