Buzluq
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Buzluq is a village and municipality in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan
. It has a population of 315. The municipality consists of the villages of Buzluq, Gülüstan
, and Başqışlaq
.
Prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union
, it was populated by Armenians
. During the Soviet time the people of Buzluq were engaged mainly in agriculture with considerable achievements due to heavy subsidization policy by the Azerbaijan SSR
government.
With the outbreak of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan people of Buzluq were armed by Armenia. The village served as a base for armed raids against the civilian population of the surrounding Azerbaijani villages of Shafag and Zeyve. Those actions were supported by Soviet forces stationed in the area. But in May 1991 Buzluq itself became a target of Soviet Operation Ring
which ordered by Moscow as a punishment for Armenia's boycott of a referendum held on the future status of the Soviet Union. In the fall of 1991, Armenian forces captured the village, which was recaptured together with the whole Shahumyan district by Azerbaijani forces in June 1992.
Buzluq was one of 13 Armenian villages of the former Shahumyan rural district of Azerbaijan, which are now integrated into Goranboy Rayon.
Other Armenian villages in the former Shahumyan were: Gulistan
, Verin Shen, Erkech, Nerkin Shen (the region administrative center), Manashid, Hay Paris, Karachinar, Mnasin Shen, and Kharkhapor. Almost all these villages are now populated by Azerbaijani refugees displaced from Vardenis
, Krasnoselsk and other regions of Armenia in 1988.
Historically Azeri populated villages nearby are Todan
, Gurzallar, Bashkyshlagh, Shefeg, and Zeyva.
Russian Molokan
s' village: Rus Paris.
From 17,000 population of region, 85% were Armenians, others were Azeri.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
. It has a population of 315. The municipality consists of the villages of Buzluq, Gülüstan
Gülüstan
Gülüstan or Gioulistan or Gyulyustan or Gyulistan may refer to:* Gülüstan, Goranboy, Azerbaijan* Gülüstan, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan* Nor Aznaberd, Armenia...
, and Başqışlaq
Basqislaq
Başqışlaq is a village in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Buzluq....
.
Prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, it was populated by Armenians
Armenians
Armenian people or Armenians are a nation and ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.The largest concentration is in Armenia having a nearly-homogeneous population with 97.9% or 3,145,354 being ethnic Armenian....
. During the Soviet time the people of Buzluq were engaged mainly in agriculture with considerable achievements due to heavy subsidization policy by the Azerbaijan SSR
Azerbaijan SSR
The Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic , also known as the Azerbaijan SSR for short, was one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union....
government.
With the outbreak of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan people of Buzluq were armed by Armenia. The village served as a base for armed raids against the civilian population of the surrounding Azerbaijani villages of Shafag and Zeyve. Those actions were supported by Soviet forces stationed in the area. But in May 1991 Buzluq itself became a target of Soviet Operation Ring
Operation Ring
Operation Ring was the code name given to the May 1991 military operation conducted by Soviet Internal Security Forces and OMON units in the region of Shahumyan, north of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of the Azerbaijan SSR...
which ordered by Moscow as a punishment for Armenia's boycott of a referendum held on the future status of the Soviet Union. In the fall of 1991, Armenian forces captured the village, which was recaptured together with the whole Shahumyan district by Azerbaijani forces in June 1992.
Buzluq was one of 13 Armenian villages of the former Shahumyan rural district of Azerbaijan, which are now integrated into Goranboy Rayon.
Other Armenian villages in the former Shahumyan were: Gulistan
Gülüstan, Goranboy
Gülüstan is a village in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Buzluq....
, Verin Shen, Erkech, Nerkin Shen (the region administrative center), Manashid, Hay Paris, Karachinar, Mnasin Shen, and Kharkhapor. Almost all these villages are now populated by Azerbaijani refugees displaced from Vardenis
Vardenis
Vardenis .The town of Vardenis occupies the south-eastern corner of Gegharkunik province of the Republic of Armenia. The town is located in the valley of the Masrik river, on the territory of the Masrik artesian basin at a height of 1943 meters above sea level. It is 170 km from the capital...
, Krasnoselsk and other regions of Armenia in 1988.
Historically Azeri populated villages nearby are Todan
Todan
Todan is a village and municipality in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 921....
, Gurzallar, Bashkyshlagh, Shefeg, and Zeyva.
Russian Molokan
Molokan
Molokans are sectarian Christians who evolved from "Spiritual Christian" Russian peasants that refused to obey the Russian Orthodox Church, beginning in the 17th century...
s' village: Rus Paris.
From 17,000 population of region, 85% were Armenians, others were Azeri.