Taghavard

Taghavard (Armenian: Թաղավարդ) or Taghaverd (Azerbaijani: Tağaverd) is a village in Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population in 1989.[2]

Taghavard
Թաղավարդ
Tağaverd
Taghavard
Taghavard
Coordinates: 39°40′05.2″N 46°55′12.7″E
Country
DistrictKhojavend (de jure)
ProvinceMartuni (de facto)
Population
 (2015)[1]
 • Total1,301
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

The village consists of an upper part called Verin Taghavard (Armenian: Վերին Թաղավարդ) and a lower part called Nerkin Taghavard (Armenian: Ներքին Թաղավարդ, also Taghavard Kaler, Թաղավարդ Կալեր).[3][4]

Following the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, control of the village has been divided along these lines, with the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh controlling Nerkin Taghavard, the lower part of the village, as part of its Martuni Province, and Azerbaijan controlling Verin Taghavard, the upper part of the village, as part of its Khojavend District.[5]

History

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

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around Taghavard include the 17th-century Berdahonj Church, St. Astvatsatsin Church (1840) and 12th/13th-century Barevatsari Vank (also known as Jukht/Jokht Pravatsari Vank).[1][3]

In July 2021, satellite images released by Caucasus Heritage Watch, a watchdog group made up of researchers from Purdue and Cornell, revealed that Azerbaijani bulldozers had cleared the western half of the village, thereby endangering the St. Astvatsatsin Church. It called on Azerbaijani authorities to prevent damage or destruction.[6]

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village had a municipal building, a house of culture, two schools, a kindergarten, three shops and a medical centre.[1]

Demographics

The village had 1,315 inhabitants in 2005,[7] and 1,301 inhabitants in 2015.[1]

References
  1. Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. Andrei Zubov. "Karabakh: Mir i voina". drugoivzgliad.com.
  3. Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  4. Նաիրա Նալբանդյան (2020-12-03). "«Անտանելի վիճակ ա, մեր գյուղը կիսվել ա». Թաղավարդ համայնքի մի մասը հայկական, մյուսը՝ ադրբեջանական կողմում է". Azatutyun.
  5. Artem Mikryukov; Nvard Hovhannisyan (2 February 2021). "In Nagorno-Karabakh, a village split in two by a ceasefire struggles to get by". Reuters. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  6. "THREAT ALERT: The Holy Mother of God church (S. Astvatsatsin) in the village of T’aghavard/Tağaverd (Martuni/Khojavend district) is under threat...." Twitter. 18 July 2021.
  7. "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh.
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