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Azerbaijani gendarmerie, entered Upper Agulis and started to pillage the town. They then proceeded to massacre its
Armenian population, leaving Upper Agulis in smouldering ruins the next day. According to the Armenian government, up to 400 Armenians were killed in Lower Agulis and up to 1,000 in Upper Agulis. The town was partially rebuilt during the Soviet period.
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235:. It is located in the left and right sides of the Ordubad-Aylis highway, 12 km in the north-east from the district center. Its population is busy with gardening, farming, animal husbandry. There are secondary school, club, library, communication branch and a medical center in the village. It has a population of 1,916.
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In the 18th century, Agulis had its own schools, a library, a silkworm factory, a large market. The town was enclosed by walls and surrounded by orchards and vineyards. Its
Armenian population at the time was recorded at 8,000 households. In 1752, it was captured and subjected to a heavy sack by the
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Matters came to a head on
December 17, when a frenzied Muslim mob, made up of locals and refugees fleeing from the fighting in Armenia, made its way to Lower Agulis and began to attack its Armenian inhabitants, forcing them to retreat to the upper town. On December 24, the mob, joined by the local
328:, founded in the first century and restored in 1694. The monastery was an important center of learning whose alumni included the merchant and traveler Zakaria Aguletsi, A. Araskhanyan, animal breeder Avetis H. Kalantar, and L. Manvelyan. The community also spoke a unique dialect of Armenian called
393:. It was last restored in 1694. It, along with other Armenian churches, were destroyed by Azerbaijan state authorities toward the end of the 1990s, at some point between 1997 and 2009 On May 15, 2014, a mosque was constructed on the place of the monastery complex.
366:, Abbas Guli Bey Tairov. Agulis pledged its loyalty to Tairov, although in the following months, its inhabitants faced a growing food crisis and were not allowed to leave the town. The plight of its inhabitants worsened when, in November of that year, the
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Russian Empire with 500 or more inhabitants, indicating the total population in them and the number of inhabitants of the predominant religions, according to the first general population census of
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was located on the slope of a hill in the northwestern Verin Get district of the village. It has been completely destroyed by
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Silent
Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
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Erasure: A Satellite Investigation of the Destruction of Armenian Heritage in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
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The settlement was first mentioned in historical sources in the 11th century under the
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Special investigation: Declassified
Satellite Images Show Erasure of Armenian Churches
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The 1919 destruction of Agulis is referred to in the controversial 2012 novella
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In the nineteenth century, Verin ("Upper") Agulis, together with the adjoining
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Khatchadourian, Lori; Smith, Adam T.; Ghulyan, Husik; Lindsay, Ian (2022).
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Between Paris and Fresno: Armenian Studies in Honor of Dickran Kouymjian
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The Republic of Armenia, Vol. II: From Versailles to London, 1919-1920
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592:. Yerevan: Armenian Academy of Sciences, 1974, vol. 1, p. 61.
223:'Upper Agulis') is a village and municipality in the
354:, with Agulis being made the centre for the sub-district of
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population specialized in the production of handicraft and
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Village and municipality in Ordubad, Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
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See Bert Vaux, "Zok: The Armenian Dialect of Agulis," in
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ANAS, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (2005).
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466:- Founders of Caviar Petrossian in Paris, France.
360:Muslim insurgency broke out against Armenian rule
370:unsuccessfully attempted to wrest the region of
238:The village was an important settlement of the
882:
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508:St. Hovhannes-Mkrtich Church (Yukhari Aylis)
498:Mets Astvatsatsin Monastery (Yukhari Aylis)
417:. The village had 863 men and 1,108 women.
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855:. Costa Mesa, CA: Mazda Publishers, 2002.
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851:. Armenian Studies Series, No. 4. Trans.
554:. Vol. II. Baku: ANAS. p. 357.
503:St. Hakob-Hayrapet Church (Yukhari Aylis)
389:was, according to the legend, founded by
316:, was a major Armenian settlement in the
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723:from the original on 24 September 2022.
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19:Municipality in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan
588:Barkhudaryan, Sedrak. s.v. "Agulis,"
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1190:Populated places in Ordubad District
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784:Mkrtchyan, Gayane (18 April 2013).
472:- Armenian painter and ethnographer
358:. But in the summer of the year, a
493:St. Shmavon Church (Yukhari Aylis)
297:armies of Azat Khan, the ruler of
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849:The Journal of Zak'aria of Agulis
837:. Venice: Mkhitarian Press, 1893.
447:Armenian Revolutionary Federation
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326:St. Thomas the Apostle Monastery
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48:Town panorama in the early 1900s
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842:Patkerazard bnashkharik bararan
464:Mouchegh and Melkoum Petrossian
368:Azerbaijan Democratic Republic
1:
734:Khatchadourian, Lori (2022).
445:- One of the founders of the
590:Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
346:In the spring of 1919, the
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758:Troinitsky, N. A. (1905).
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812:Great Soviet Encyclopedia
348:First Republic of Armenia
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41:
34:
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616:Hovannisian, Richard G.
552:Nakhchivan Encyclopedia
391:Bartholomew the Apostle
374:from Armenian control.
314:Nerkin ("Lower") Agulis
305:in 1828, following the
250:were of Agulis origin.
429:by Azerbaijani writer
407:Russian Empire Census
104:38.95278°N 45.98139°E
847:Zak'aria of Agulis.
460:- Azerbaijani writer
443:Christapor Mikaelian
387:St. Thomas Monastery
293:and Western Europe.
687:Maghakyan, Simon. "
676:Republic of Armenia
663:Republic of Armenia
650:Republic of Armenia
483:Agulis (historical)
421:Cultural references
411:Armenian Apostolics
395:St. Stepanos Church
336:Destruction in 1919
139:Autonomous republic
100: /
853:George Bournoutian
773:on 10 August 2022.
322:Erivan Governorate
244:Kingdom of Armenia
167: • Total
109:38.95278; 45.98139
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693:The Art Newspaper
405:According to the
352:Sharur-Nakhchivan
307:Russo-Persian War
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194:Yuxarı Əylis
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73:Yuxarı Əylis
36:Municipality
26:Yuxarı Əylis
979:Aşağı Əylis
917:Settlements
488:Aşağı Əylis
452:Ziya Kyazim
283:sericulture
107: /
791:ArmeniaNow
514:References
299:Āzarbāijān
240:Vaspurakan
233:Azerbaijan
229:Nakhchivan
162:Population
144:Nakhchivan
132:Azerbaijan
95:45°58′53″E
92:38°57′10″N
1124:Sabirkənd
929:Parağaçay
807:Кязим Зия
665:, p. 235.
382:Monuments
248:Silk Road
207:romanized
176:Time zone
1184:Category
1119:Qoşadizə
1114:Qoruqlar
1089:Nəsirvaz
1059:Gilançay
994:Baş Dizə
989:Azadkənd
952:Villages
934:Şəhriyar
907:Capital:
742:Archived
718:Archived
618:(1982).
477:See also
413:and 639
372:Zangezur
279:Armenian
272:Արքուլիք
268:Armenian
260:Armenian
198:Armenian
151:District
1144:Vələver
1109:Pəzməri
1024:Darkənd
999:Başkənd
910:Ordubad
835:Sisakan
415:Muslims
364:Ordubad
356:Goghtan
320:of the
264:Argulik
254:History
221:
209::
156:Ordubad
120:Country
1154:Xanağa
1149:Vənənd
1139:Üstüpü
1104:Parağa
1099:Nüsnüs
1094:Nürgüt
1064:Kələki
1044:Düylün
1034:Dırnıs
1019:Çənnəb
1004:Behrud
969:Anaqut
964:Anabad
924:Ağdərə
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535:Akulus
531:Aqulus
287:Russia
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