Madagiz

Madagiz (Armenian: Մատաղիս, romanized: Madaghis) or Sugovushan (Azerbaijani: Suqovuşan, listen ), is a village in the Tartar District of Azerbaijan. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[1] Madagiz was part of the Martakert Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh between 10 April 1994 and 3 October 2020.

Madagiz

Մատաղիս
Suqovuşan
Residential houses in the village, 2011
Madagiz
Coordinates: 40°19′53″N 46°43′46″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictTartar
Elevation
434 m (1,424 ft)
Population
 (2005)
 • Total404
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

The village is located 30 kilometers north-west of the left bank of the river Tartar. There is a secondary school in the village.[2] To the west of the village lies the Suqovuşan reservoir, which was created to supply water to the Tartar, Goranboy, and Yevlakh Districts of Azerbaijan.[3]

History
Yeghishe Arakyal Monastery near the village, 5th century

In 1943, the village was given the status of an urban-type settlement within the Mardakert District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.[4] In 1949, the village was home to an industrial complex, including a furniture factory and a lime production workshop. In 1953, a secondary school was opened. The Madagiz hydroelectric power station was built nearby on the banks of the Tartar River.

In the early 1990s, Madagiz found itself within the territory of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, and consequently was affected by hostilities between the Armed Forces of Armenia and the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. During the summer offensive of 1992, Azerbaijani troops established control over the Mardakert District, but as a result of the counter-offensive by the end of June 1993, Armenian troops managed to occupy almost the entire district.[5]

In April 2016, during the Four-Day War, the village found itself in the area of direct hostilities.[6] On April 4, Armenian journalists published video and photo reports from Madagiz.[7] On April 5, the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan reported that on April 4, the headquarters of the Artsakh military base in Madagiz had been hit.[8]

In the context of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Azerbaijan captured the village on 3 October 2020 and renamed the village to Suqovuşan.[9]

Demographics

In 1970, 271 people (236 Armenians, 30 Azerbaijanis, 44 Russians and nine Ukrainians) lived in the village.[10] Madagiz also had an Armenian majority-population in 1989.[1]

In 2005, the village had a population of 404 people. According to the State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons of Azerbaijan, as of 2020, 66 internally displaced persons from Madagiz were living in Azerbaijan.[11]

  • Church of St. Yeghishe in the northwestern part of the village.
  • Armenian khachkars in the wall in the monastery of St. Yeghishe.
  • Countryard of the monastery of St. Yeghishe.

Notelist

^ a: From 3 October 2020.[12]

References
  1. Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com.
  2. Toronto Armenian community renovates school in Karabakh, October 1, 2016
  3. "Спустя 28 лет вода из Суговушана пущена в реку Тертер". Информационное Агентство Репорт (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  5. "В Нагорном Карабахе прошли соревнования по борьбе, посвященные очередной годовщине освобождения Мартакерта" [Wrestling competitions dedicated to the anniversary of the liberation of Martakert were held in Nagorno-Karabakh]. regnum.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  6. "Pakistan ordusu yeni raketini sınaqdan çıxardı - VİDEO". BAKU.WS - Azərbaycanın xəbər saytı (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  7. "Ադրբեջանական կողմի տեղեկությունը, թե Մատաղիս բնակավայրը իրենք գրավել են, սուտ է. 2 ժամից ավելի է՝ Մատաղիսում եմ, ոչ մի ազերի վիժվածք չկա. ՖՈՏՈՌԵՊՈՐՏԱԺ, ՏԵՍԱՆՅՈՒԹ". Լուրեր Հայաստանից | Shamshyan.com (in Armenian). Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  8. "Müdafiə Nazirliyi". web.archive.org. 2016-09-07. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  9. "Azerbaijan forces take control of seven villages near Nagorno-Karabakh - president". TASS. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
  10. "Мардакертский район 1970". www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-13.
  11. Азербайджан раскрыл численность населения освобожденных от оккупации населенных пунктов. Minval. 12 октября 2020.
  12. "Ilham Aliyev: I restore historical name of Madagiz, it is henceforth called Sugovushan". 3 October 2020.


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