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Encyclopedia > Fizuli
Fizuli Rayon
Map of Azerbaijan showing Fuzuli rayon
Population (official 1999 census): 136,481[citation needed]
Area (sq. km.): 1,390[citation needed]
Telephone Code: 0141
Zip Code: AZ1900[citation needed]
Capital: Alkhanli


Fizuli is a rayon of Azerbaijan, partially under the Armenian control[1] since the end of Nagorno-Karabakh War. Image File history File links Azerbaijan-Fizuli. ... Combatants Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh1 Republic of Armenia 2 CIS mercenaries Republic of Azerbaijan Afghan Mujahideen 3 Chechen Volunteers 4 CIS mercenaries Commanders Samvel Babayan, Hemayag Haroyan, Monte Melkonian, Vazgen Sargsyan, Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan İsgandar Hamidov, Suret Huseynov, Rahim Gaziev, Shamil Basayev Casualties 6,000 dead, 25,000 wounded 17...


The town of Fizuli was founded in 1827 as a Russian settlement under the name Karyagino (Карягино). In 1959, the town and the associated rayon were renamed Fizuli after the medieval poet Muhammad Fuzûlî.[2] Year 1827 (MDCCCXXVII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A raion (or rayon) (Russian and Ukrainian: ; Belarusian раён; Azeri: rayon, Latvian: rajons, Georgian: , raioni) is one of two kinds of administrative subdivisions in languages of some post-Soviet states: a subnational entity and a subdivision of a city. ... Fuzûlî (1483?–1556) Fuzûlî (فضولی) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: mahlas; ﻡﺨﻠﺺ) of the poet Muhammad ibn Suleyman (محمد بن سليمان) (c. ...


References

  1. ^ Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Nagorno-Karabakh: Timeline Of The Long Road To Peace, February 10, 2006
  2. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Fizuli (town in Azerbaijan SSR).
This article is about the autonomous region. ...

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Occupation of Fizuli (271 words)
The Later three were occupied in August of the same year Fizuli is one of the biggest agricultural districts of the Republic.
The town was renamed Fizuli in 1959 on the occasion of the 400th birthday anniversary of poet Muhammed Fizuli.
Cravanserai constructed in 1684 in Fizuli district, and also hundreds of monuments in the territory of Nagorno-Garabagh are subjected to Armenian.
Fizuli (Fuzuli, Fizuly) Azerbaijan - Azerb.com (222 words)
The town of Fizuli was lost to Armenian forces on August 23, 1993 and has been under Armenian control ever since.
The entire Azeri population of Fizuli had to move eastwards, and today is spread all over Azerbaijan, many still live in refugee camps.
Fizuli borders the Nagorno Karabakh territory but is not claimed by the Armenians, as such it is currently occupied only as part of their military 'buffer zone' and as a bargain chip for a future negotiated settlement.
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