Hin Tagher
village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan
Hin Tagher (Armenian: Հին Թաղեր) or Kohne Taghlar (Azerbaijani: Köhnə Tağlar; Armenian: Քյոհնյա Թաղլար) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989. The Katarovank Monastery is located close to the village.
Toponymy
The village was known as Hin Taghlar (Armenian: Հին Թաղլար; Russian: Хин Таглар; Azerbaijani: Hin Tağlar) during the Soviet period.
History
The village was collectivized in 1931–1932, and electricity was brought to it in 1964. 220 residents of the village fought in World War II, of which 100 died. There is a World War II memorial in the village to honour the dead. During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh.
Hin Tagher, Khtsaberd/Chaylaggala and Katarovank became an Artsakh holdout in the Hadrut Province during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
The public source identifies “Hin Tagher” as village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Tagher, village and Khojavend.
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