Zabux

Zabux (Zabukh, Armenian: Աղավնո, romanized: Aghavno) is a village in the Lachin District of Azerbaijan, under the de facto control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, but de jure part of Azerbaijan. The village is located within the Lachin corridor. The village had 149 inhabitants in 2005.[1]

Zabux

Աղավնո • Aghavno
Zabux
Zabux
Coordinates: 39°35′23″N 46°32′36″E
Country Azerbaijan (de jure)
 Artsakh (de facto)
DistrictLachin (de jure)
ProvinceKashatagh (de facto)
Population
 • Total175
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

History
Church Saint Martyrs of Zabux

First Nagorno-Karabakh war

Zabux was occupied and destroyed by the Armenian Armed Forces in 1992.[2]

Armenian occupation

From 1992, the village was administrated by the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh as its Kashatagh Province. The Artsakh administration built a town over the ruins of the village, settled by Lebanese-Armenians.[2][3]

2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war

Ahead of the transfer of Lachin District to Azerbaijan, following the ceasefire agreement ending the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, some ethnic Armenians fled from the region,[3] despite the Russian supervision over the land corridor passing thorough it.[4] The Russian peacekeepers also set up a post in Zabux.[3] From 27 November, citing the city's self-proclaimed mayor, Narek Aleksanyan, who called on the ethnic Armenian population to flee the region, the Armenian media alleged that "the agreement has been amended," adding that Zabux, as well as Lachin, the district's administrative center, and Sus, would not be handed over to Azerbaijan. These claims were refuted by the chairman of the Azerbaijan-based Center for Social Research, MP Zahid Oruj. According to BBC Russian Service correspondent, Yuri Vekdik, despite Aleksanyan's calls, the vast majority of Lebanese-Armenians settlers in Zabux had fled the town.[5] On 1 December, the Azerbaijani forces, with tanks and a column of trucks, entered the Lachin district, and passed through the Lachin corridor.[6]

References
  1. Population of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (2005)
  2. "Laçın – məğrur rayonun hekayəsi". BBC Azerbaijani Service (in Azerbaijani). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  3. Vendik, Yuri (17 November 2020). "Армяне оставляют Лачин, несмотря на конец войны в Карабахе и прибытие российских миротворцев". BBC Russian Service (in Russian). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  4. "Rusiya Müdafiə Nazirliyi: Laçın dəhlizində hərəkətə sülhməramlılar nəzarət edir". BBC Azerbaijani Service (in Azerbaijani). 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. "Laçın şəhəri ermənilərdəmi qalır? Ermənilərə belə deyilib, amma onlar şəhəri tərk edir". BBC Azerbaijani Service (in Azerbaijani). 30 November 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  6. "Azerbaijani Forces Enter Third District Under Nagorno-Karabakh Truce". RFERL.org. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 1 December 2020.
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