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Şahyeri
Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Shahyeri (Azerbaijani: Şahyeri) or Sarinshen (Armenian: Սարինշեն) is a village in the Khojavend 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, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
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History
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. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars, tombstones, the spring monument of Verin (Armenian: Վերին, lit. 'upper'), and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[3]
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Demographics
The village had 27 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 15 inhabitants in 2015.[1]
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