Hadrut District (NKAO)

Hadrut District (Azerbaijani: Hadrut rayonu; Armenian: Հադրութի շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]

Hadrut District
District
Map of Hadrut within NKAO
Autonomous region Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Country Azerbaijan SSR
Established8 August 1930
Abolished13 October 1992
CapitalHadrut
Population
 (1979)
 • Total14,792

History

The district was formed on 8 August 1930, as the Dizak district; it was renamed Hadrut District on 17 September 1939.[2] The capital of the district was the town of Hadrut.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991.[3]On 13 October 1992, Hadrut district was merged with Martuni district to form Khojavend District of Azerbaijan.[4]

Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, the former district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Hadrut Province. However, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured the town of Hadrut during the Battle of Hadrut, followed by the whole of the district.[5]

Demographics
Year Population Ethnic groups Source
1926 25,247 97.8% Armenians, 1.8% Azerbaijanis, 0.3% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1939 27,128 95.7% Armenians, 2.7% Azerbaijanis, 1.3% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1959 16,808 93.3% Armenians, 6.1% Azerbaijanis, 0.4% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1970 15,937 87.5% Armenians, 10.4% Azerbaijanis, 0.9% Russians Soviet Census[6]
1979 14,792 84.4% Armenians, 15.1% Azerbaijanis, 0.3% Russians Soviet Census[6]

References
  1. "Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область" [Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). 1967.
  2. Мельников С. А., Ибрагимов Ч. Г (1979). Азербайджанская ССР. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1977 года. Baku: Азернешр. p. 7-11.
  3. "Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayətini ləğv etmək haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ QANUNU" [Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Republic]. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  4. "Azərbaycan Respublikasının inzibati ərazi bölgüsündə qismən dəyişiklik edilməsi haqqında" (in Azerbaijani). 13 October 1992. Retrieved 10 February 2021.
  5. "Война в Карабахе, день 16-й: умозрительное перемирие и 96 погибших у армян" (in Russian). BBC Russian Service. 12 October 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
  6. "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru (in Russian). Etno Kavkaz.
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