# Tsakuri

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Place in Khojavend, Azerbaijan

Tsakuri Ծակուռի Hünərli View of Tsakuri Tsakuri Coordinates: 39°34′11″N 46°59′01″E / 39.56972°N 46.98361°E / 39.56972; 46.98361 Country Azerbaijan District Khojavend Population (2015)[1] • Total 109 Time zone UTC+4 (AZT)

**Tsakuri** ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Ծակուռի) or **Hunarli** ([Azerbaijani](/source/Azerbaijani_language): *Hünərli*,[2] previously *Zakirli*[3]) is a village in the [Khojavend District](/source/Khojavend_District) of [Azerbaijan](/source/Azerbaijan), in the [disputed](/source/Political_status_of_Nagorno-Karabakh) region of [Nagorno-Karabakh](/source/Nagorno-Karabakh). The village had an ethnic [Armenian](/source/Armenians)-majority population prior to the [2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war](/source/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_war), and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.[4]

The village is located 13 km from the town of [Hadrut](/source/Hadrut) and a 57 km drive over the north-south highway from the regional capital of [Stepanakert](/source/Stepanakert). Hikers reach Tsakuri in the [Togh (Tugh)](/source/Tugh_(village)) section of the marked [Janapar](/source/Janapar) trail.

## History

During the [Soviet](/source/Soviet_Union) period, Tsakuri was part of the [Hadrut District](/source/Hadrut_District_(NKAO)) of the [Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast](/source/Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast). After the [First Nagorno-Karabakh War](/source/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War), the village was administrated as part of the [Hadrut Province](/source/Hadrut_Province) of the breakaway [Republic of Artsakh](/source/Republic_of_Artsakh). The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 7 October 2020, during the [2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war](/source/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_war).[5][6][7]

## Historical heritage sites

Holy Mother of God Church in Tsakuri (founded in the 12th century, with the current church dating from 1682)

Historical heritage sites in and around Tsakuri include the monastery complex of *Tsaghkavank* ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Ծաղկավանք), of which only the Holy Mother of God Church has been preserved, the Ptkatagh Monastery ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Պտկաթաղի վանք, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Armenian): *Ptkatagh Vank*) built in 1670, a cemetery from between the 17th and 19th centuries, a 17th-century [khachkar](/source/Khachkar), and a 19th-century [spring](/source/Spring_(hydrology)) monument.[1]

### Holy Mother of God Church

The Holy Mother of God Church ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Սուրբ Աստվածածին եկեղեցի, [romanized](/source/Romanization_of_Armenian): *Surb Astvatsatsin Yekeghetsi*, also known as St. Mary's Church and Tsaghkavank Church) was founded in the 12th century and contains a khachkar from 1198, with the current church dating from 1682. The church is the only remaining structure of the Tsaghkavank monastery complex in Tsakuri.[8][9][1]

Efforts to rehabilitate the church were initiated by a group of international benefactors, and preparation work and fundraising started in the 2010s. In July 2013, the Primate of the [Diocese of Artsakh](/source/Diocese_of_Artsakh) of the [Armenian Apostolic Church](/source/Armenian_Apostolic_Church), Archbishop [Pargev Martirosyan](/source/Pargev_Martirosyan), gave his blessing to the project and construction work started in May 2019. The second phase of the project for the renovation of the church's interior was planned to be partly funded by an international [crowdfunding](/source/Crowdfunding) campaign.[*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] After the [2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war](/source/2020_Nagorno-Karabakh_war), Azerbaijani president [Ilham Aliyev](/source/Ilham_Aliyev) visited the Holy Mother of God Church in Tsakuri, [denying](/source/Historical_negationism#Azerbaijan) the church's Armenian identity, and describing the church's inscriptions in [Armenian](/source/Armenian_language) as "fake".[10][11][9]

## Geography

The area of the Tsakuri community is lowland with a total area of 307.4 hectares, of which 241.68 hectares are of agricultural importance and 32.9 hectares consists of forested land.[1] The area has an especially mild micro-climate thanks to its apple, pear, mulberry and walnut trees. Deposits of [Icelandic spar](/source/Iceland_spar) can be found in and around the village.

## Economy and culture

In 2015, the population was mainly engaged in [agriculture](/source/Agriculture) and [animal husbandry](/source/Animal_husbandry), and the village had a municipal building, a house of culture, the Tsakuri branch of [Mariamadzor](/source/M%C9%99mm%C9%99dd%C9%99r%C9%99) Secondary School, and a medical centre. The village had access to electricity, TV and radio, mobile and wireless telephony and internet services. The water supply is provided to the village through a gravity system fed from the two springs of *Aknen* ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Ակնեն) and *Nerses* ([Armenian](/source/Armenian_language): Ներսես).[1]

## Demographics

The village had 100 inhabitants in 2005,[12] and 109 inhabitants in 2015, in approximately 28 households.[1]

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-2015statistics_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-2015statistics_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-2015statistics_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-2015statistics_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-2015statistics_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-2015statistics_1-5) Hakob Ghahramanyan. ["Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)"](https://artsakhlib.am/en/2018/06/06/%D5%BF%D5%A5%D5%B2%D5%A5%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82-%D5%AC%D5%B2%D5%B0-%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B9%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%AE%D6%84%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6-%D5%B4%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%B8/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["İşğaldan azad olunan daha iki kəndin adı qaytarılır"](https://banker.az/isgaldan-azad-olunan-daha-iki-k%C9%99ndin-adi-qaytarilir/). *banker.az* (in Azerbaijani). 13 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210712153142/http://www.lib.az/users/1/upload/files/Azrbaycan_toponimlrinin_ensiklopedik_II.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.lib.az/users/1/upload/files/Azrbaycan_toponimlrinin_ensiklopedik_II.pdf) (PDF) on 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2020-11-20.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Андрей Зубов. ["Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война"](https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/). *drugoivzgliad.com*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Bu kəndlər də azad edildi"](https://www.aznews.az/news/conflict_hearth/264145.html). *aznews.az* (in Azerbaijani). 2020-10-07.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Video footage of the liberated Tsakuri village of Khojavend region"](https://mod.gov.az/en/news/video-footage-of-the-liberated-tsakuri-village-of-khojavend-region-video-33748.html). *Ministry of Defense of Republic of Azerbaijan*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Xocavəndin işğaldan azad olunan Tsakuri kəndi"](https://report.az/dagliq-qarabag-munaqishesi/xocavendin-isgaldan-azad-olunan-tsakuri-kendi/). *report.az*. [AzMOD](/source/Ministry_of_Defence_(Azerbaijan)). 2020-11-08.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-aragats_8-0)** ["Aliyev Declares Armenian Inscriptions in the 17th c. Tsaghkavank Church Fake, Plans to "Restore""](https://www.aragatsfound.org/post/president-of-azerbaijan-declares-armenian-inscriptions-in-the-17th-c-tsaghkavank-church-fake). *Aragats Foundation*. 2021-03-22.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-azbarez2021march_9-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-azbarez2021march_9-1) ["'What was That If Not Fascism?' Tatoyan on Aliyev's Visit to Armenian Church"](https://asbarez.com/201278/what-was-that-if-not-fascism-tatoyan-on-aliyevs-visit-to-armenian-church/). *Asbarez*. 2021-03-19.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Joshua Kucera (2021-03-26). ["What happened to the church?"](https://eurasianet.org/what-happened-to-the-church). *Eurasianet*.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Ilham Aliyev visited Fuzuli and Khojavand districts"](https://en.president.az/articles/50893). *President of the Republic of Azerbaijan*. 2021-03-15.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2005nkrcensus_12-0)** ["The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic"](http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf) (PDF). *National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh*.

## External links

- [Tsakuri](https://geonames.nga.mil/geon-ags/rest/services/RESEARCH/GIS_OUTPUT/MapServer/0/query?outfields=*&where=full_name%3D+%27Tsakuri%27) at [GEOnet Names Server](/source/GEOnet_Names_Server)

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v t e Hadrut Province Capital: Hadrut Urban comunities Hadrut Rural comunities Aknaghbyur Arajamugh Arakel Arevshat Arpagetik Aygestan Azykh Banadzor Drakhtik Dzoragyugh Hakaku Hartashen Haykavan Hin Tagher Hogher Ijevanatun Jraberd Jrakan Jrakus Karaglukh Karmrakuch Khalynbulakh Khandzadzor Khtsaberd Kovshat Kyuratagh Mariamadzor Melikashen Mets Tagher Mokhrenes Norashen Petrosashen Pletants Saralanj Sarinshen Spitakashen Taghaser Taghut Togh Tumi Tsaghkavank Tsakuri Tsamdzor Tsor Tyak Ukhtadzor Vank Varanda Vardashat

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