Çaykənd, Goygol Explained

Çaykənd (; hy|Գետաշեն|Getashen) is a village and municipality in the Goygol District of Azerbaijan.

History

Soviet forces acting in conjunction with the local Azerbaijani OMON deported Armenians living in the areas in and around Karabakh including Getashen.^[1] The operation involved the use of ground troops, military, armored vehicles and artillery.^[2] The deportations of the Armenian civilians were carried out with gross human rights violations documented by international human rights organizations.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Demographics

The village has a population of 2,236. It had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Operation Ring.^{[6] [7]} However, the Armenian population of the village was deported by Azerbaijani and Soviet special forces during Operation Ring in 1991.^[7]

Notes and References

1. Mutalibov stated in this regard, "Я помню, как мы в свое время с помощью русских смогли очистить от армян около 30 сел вокруг Гянджи... Мы были близки даже к освобождению всего Карабаха, но внутренние распри, разногласия, междоусобицы свели на нет наши старания" (I remember how we with the help of Russians managed to cleanse from Armenians 30 villages around Gyandja… we were even close to the liberation of the whole Karabakh but our inner disagreements diminished our efforts). 1news.az 18 Nov. 2008 Аяз Муталибов: "Если мы с Москвой будем говорить четко, я думаю, мы сможем завоевать ее расположение по Карабахской проблеме"
2. Croissant. The Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict, p. 41.
3. Human Rights Watch. Bloodshed in the Caucucasus. Escalation of the armed conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. 1992 p. 9
4. http://users.physics.harvard.edu/~wilson/publications/VOSKEPAR_files/VOSKEPAR.html Report by Professor Richard Wilson
5. Web site: Отчет Дж. Томаса Бертранда о поездке в село Атерк Мардакертского района Нагорного Карабаха - KarabakhRecords. https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055234/http://karabakhrecords.info/gallery/%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%B4%D0%B6-%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0-%D0%B1%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B0-%D0%BE-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B4%D0%BA%D0%B5-%D0%B2-%D1%81/. dead. 2013-09-21. karabakhrecords.info.
6. Web site: Карта 33. Зона конфликта в Нагорном Карабахе (1988–1994...) . . iriston.com .
7. Book: De Waal, Thomas. Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war. 2003. New York University. 0-8147-1944-9. 116.