Qarğabazar, Fuzuli

Qarğabazar (Garghabazar) is a village in the Fuzuli District of Azerbaijan. It is located in the southern part of Füzuli city, at the foot of Ilanlidag Mountain (559,7 m),[1] at a height of 460 meters.

For the place in Armenia, see Haykashen.

Qarğabazar
Qarğabazar
Coordinates: 39°32′23″N 47°09′23″E
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictFuzuli
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

The village was occupied by Armenian forces in 1993, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and all of its Azerbaijani inhabitants were forced out. Since 1993, the village was administrated as part of Hadrut Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and renamed Ijevanatun (Իջեւանատուն).[2] On 20 October 2020 President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev announced that the village had been recaptured.[3]

Notable sites

Famous natives
  • Gubad Gasimov, music expert, Honorary Art Worker of Azerbaijan
  • Bahadur Eyvazov, dermatologist, Honorary Doctor and Honored Science Worker of Azerbaijan
  • Sardar Sardarov, architect, Honorary Architect of Azerbaijan
  • Bunyad Sardarov (1889–1919), revolutionary

References
  1. Карта J-38-23. Физули. Издание 1980 г.
  2. Helsinki Rights Watch – 1994 Report: Nagorno-Karabakh
  3. "President Ilham Aliyev: Zangilan city and 6 villages of the district, 18 villages of Fuzuli, Jabrayil, and Khojavand districts liberated". mod.gov.az. 20 October 2020.
  4. "Monuments of material culture of Azerbaijani people – target of Armenian terror" (PDF).
  5. Сардаров, Буниат Мадат оглы (1957). Активные борцы за советскую власть в Азербайджане. Азербайджанское государственное издательство. p. 50.
  6. М. А. Казиев (1983). Ученики и соратники В.И. Ленина — борцы за Советскую власть в Азербайджане. Азербайджанское государственное издательство. p. 215.
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