Dağdöşü
Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan
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Daghdoshu (Azerbaijani: Dağdöşü, lit. 'mountainside') or Tyak (Armenian: Տյաք) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village is located close to the town of Hadrut. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[2]
AzerbaijanDaghdoshu / Tyak
Dağdöşü / Տյաք | |
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19th-century church of Surb Mesrop in the village | |
  Daghdoshu / Tyak | |
| Coordinates: 39°30′18″N 47°01′51″E | |
| Country | Azerbaijan |
| District | Khojavend |
| Population (2015)[1] | |
• Total | 70 |
| Time zone | UTC+4 (AZT) |
History
During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of Surb Mesrop (Armenian: Սուրբ Մեսրոպ), a cemetery, and a spring monument from the 19th century.[3]
