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Kolkhozashen
Kolkhozashen (Armenian: Կոլխոզաշեն) or Arpaduzu (Azerbaijani: Arpadüzü) is a village located in the Khojavend 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] HistoryDuring the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Historical heritage sitesHistorical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars from between the 15th and 17th centuries, a 17th/18th-century village, an 18th/19th-century cemetery, and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God').[1] Economy and cultureThe population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre.[1] DemographicsThe village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 309 inhabitants in 2005,[4] and 241 inhabitants in 2015.[1] References
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