Quşçular, Lachin

For other places, see Quşçular (disambiguation).

Quşçular (also, Gushchular) is a former village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan.

Gushchular
Azerbaijani: Quşçular
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Coordinates: 39°30′41″N 46°37′55″E
Country	Azerbaijan
District	Lachin
Population  (2015)[1]
• Total	36
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)

History

This village existed in the locality list of Ashaghi-Farajan Selsoviet (rural council) of Lachin District in 1963,^[2] but did not exist in the same list of 1968.^[3] Currently this locality also does not exist in the locality list of Lachin District.^[4] It may mean that this village was abolished between 1963 and 1968.

This locality was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s, subsequently becoming part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Kashatagh Province, where it was known as Aghavnatun (Armenian: Աղավնատուն).^[5] The locality was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.^[6]

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include three 14th/15th-century khachkars, a 15th/16th-century khachkar, and the 15th/16th-century St. Stephen's Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Ստեփանոս եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Stepanos Yekeghetsi) in the neighboring village of Harar.^[1][7]