Artsvashen (also known as Artzvashen or Bashkend) is an exclave of Armenia's Gegharkunik province. It is completely surrounded by Azerbaijan and has been controlled by it since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. The village was once linked geographically to Armenia, but this corridor was transferred to Azerbaijan in 1931 by the Soviet Union as part of a series of border adjustments in the South Caucasus. [1] Today, the village is mostly inhabited by Azeris due to a forceful population exchange between Armenia and Azerbaijan during the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. It has been renamed Bashkend by the Azerbaijani government. This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ... Armenian province Gegharkunik Gegharkunik (Ô³Õ¥Õ²Õ¡Ö€Ö„Õ¸Ö‚Õ¶Õ«Ö„) is one of the provinces (marz) of Armenia. ... The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that began in the latter half of 1991 and raged on until 1994 in the Caucasus region between mostly Christian Armenia and its eastern neighbor, predominantly Muslim Azerbaijan. ... 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1931 calendar). ... South Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan South Caucasus (also referred sometimes as Transcaucasus) is a name to the transitional region between Europe and Asia extending from the Greater Caucasus to the Turkish and Iranian borders, between the Black and Caspian seas. ...
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^ Dr. Andrew Andersen, Ph.D. Atlas of Conflicts: Armenia and Karabakh: Territorial Disputes of 1921-22 And Future Territorial Adjustments of 1931
Coordinates: 40°38′N 45°30′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...
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