| Official Name: | Nerkin Sznek / Ashagy Yemishjan |
| Native Name: | Ներքին Սզնեք / Aşağı Yemişcan |
| Pushpin Map: | Azerbaijan#Karabakh |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Khojaly |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Total: | 131 |
| Timezone: | AZT |
| Utc Offset: | +4 |
| Coordinates: | 39.7411°N 46.8402°W |
| Elevation M: | 1032 |
Nerkin Sznek (hy|Ներքին Սզնեք) or Ashagy Yemishjan (az|Aşağı Yemişcan) is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population[2] until the exodus of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.[3]
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include an 18th/19th-century cemetery, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին,) built in 1849, a 19th-century watermill, and a 19th-century spring monument.[1]
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a medical centre, and a secondary school that is shared with the neighboring village of Verin Sznek.[1]
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 129 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 131 inhabitants in 2015.[1]