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“Azerbaijani former Aghdam town was well known for its port wine in the
Soviet Union. Now Aghdam is actually “the former town”.
Not only the port wine became a
history, but whole town does not exist at all”, said Anton Krivenyuk in
his article “The Caucasian Dead Towns”, which was published by the
“Segodnya.ru” site, APA reports.
He reminded that Aghdam was turned
into real ruins. “There are only few trucks rarely passing among the
empty and ruined houses. Residents of nearby Nagorno Karabakh regions
are busy only with the carrying of construction materials of ruined
houses. Aghdam was at the center of the bloody Armenian-Azerbaijani
conflict. Following the end of war in 1994, the town went over Armenian
control and is empty since then. Azerbaijanis, majority of Aghdam
population had to leave the ruined town”. The author reminded that
Aghdam was not a legal part of Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Region even
in the USSR time. “In fact Aghdam was not a legal part of Nagorno
Karabakh’s territory even in the Soviet time. It is one of the seven
nearby regions occupied by Armenia and still is under the Armenian
occupation”. Anton Krivenyuk said only the town’s mosque rescued in the
empty Aghdam. “View of the uninhabited Agdham is completed only by the
town’s mosque in the center. It is only building rescued in the town.
Armenians have not destroyed this mosque intentionally, using their
singular method to show a religious tolerance.
There is a ruined Azerbaijani cemetery near the mosque. There is no man
to visit the mosque, as no man to be buried here”, the author said. The
author noted that all seven occupied regions of Azerbaijan by Armenian
Armed Forces resembled the desert.
“All seven regions resemble the desert. We can come across the rests of
the some of the villages here. There is no need to settle down here,
but the soil is very productive. Nagorno Karabakh Armenians come here
to cultivate the soil. All gardens and plantings are in good
condition”, the author said. The author added that there was divergence
of opinion on the returning of the lands in Armenia.
“Some of them consider that there is no need to return the lands and
Armenians should settle down here. They do not think about the return
of Lachin Region to Azerbaijan neither in Armenia nor in Nagorno
Karabakh. Lachin connects the way between Nagorno Karabakh and
neighboring regions”, the author noted.
“There is another city that pretended to receive town status in Nagorno
Karabakh. This is Shusha, whish is situated in 15-minute distance from
Khankandi. Shusha is a historical and cultural city. Shusha was once
the capital of khanate. Shuha amazes the human with its monuments and
architecture at present. Shusha had once 20,000 people, but now there
live only 3,000 people. Most of them are Armenian refugees from various
regions of Azerbaijan locating here after the war. Most of the people
were Azerbaijanis during USSR period. The refugees are locating in
their houses at present. The population lives in poverty here”, the
author said.
Baku. Vugar Masimoglu, Zaur Nurmammadov-APA.
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