Kalbajar Rayon
Kalbajar (Azerbaijani: Kəlbəcər) is a rayon of Azerbaijan. Kalbajar is a Kurdish name meaning Stone City. The entire region is now under the control of Armenian forces who call the western half Karvajar. The eastern half is part of Nagorno-Karabakh, making up part of the province of Martakert. The Azeri and Kurdish population of Kalbajar were displaced by the fighting and currently live as internally displaced persons in other regions of Azerbaijan.
Demographics
1989 405
History
The Armenian name of the district is Karvachar (Armenian: Քարվաճառ), which corresponds to the ancient district of Vaykunik, one of 12 cantons of Artsakh (historical Nagorno-Karabakh) [1]. It was also known as Upper-Khachen or Tsar (after its chief town) and was ruled by one of the branches of the House of Khachen, who held it until the Russian conquest of the Karabakh region in the early 19th century [1].
In the early 17th century most of the original Armenian population of Kalbajar was deported by Abbas I and eventually Kurds settled the area as they did in the neighboring Qashatagh [1].
In the time of Kurdistan Uyezd, the Kalbajar region was a predominantly Kurdish inhabited area.[2]. After deportation of the Kurds under Joseph Stalin, Azeris constituted the main part of the population.
As a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh War, the area was taken by Armenian forces in 1992. Subsequently the Azeri population fled the region.
Cultural monuments
Karvachar is rich in Armenian monuments numbering close to 750, which include monasteries, churches, chapels, fortresses, khachkars and inscriptions [1]. The most important of them is the monastery of Dadivank [1].
Under Armenian control
The district was made into the province of Shahumyan, one of the 8 provinces of NKR. The province remains the least populated of the NKR provinces with a total population of 2,800. The town of Karvachar is home to 500 people. [3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e Robert H. Hewsen, Armenia: A Historical Atlas. The University of Chicago Press, 2001, pp. 40, 101-102, 264-265.
- ^ Thomas Glotz, Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-Rich, War-Torn, Post-Soviet Republic, 496 pp., M.E. Sharpe Publishers, 1998, ISBN 0765602431, p.322
- ^ Armeniapedia, Karvachar
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