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16-429: Şelli ( Shelli ) is a village in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan . The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh by the name Ughtasar ( Armenian : Ուղտասար ). Most of the village was ruined following the Battle of Aghdam , but unlike the city and the surrounding villages of Agdam,

32-764: A result of the division of the property of the Soviet Armed Forces , in addition to military equipment, ammunition depots also came under the control of Azerbaijan, including the 49th Arsenal of the Main Missile and Artillery Directorate in the city of Aghdam. The leadership of the Azerbaijani army concentrated a large amount of artillery in Aghdam, which was used in the shelling of Askeran , Martakert and Martuni regions of Nagorno-Karabakh . "In early March [1992], Armenian forces began intense shelling of towns located along

48-657: A white house illuminated by the sun's rays. Aghdam was founded in the middle of the 18th century. It was the site of Panah Ali khan Javanshir's summer palace and Javanshir family burial ground. In 1828, it received city status in Shusha Uyezd of Elisabethpol Governorate. During the Soviet era , Aghdam had many industries such as butter, wine, brandy and silk factories, as well as hardware and tool factories. An airport and two train stations served there. In terms of education, Agdam had technical, agricultural, medical and music schools. It

64-666: Is 365 km away from Baku . In accordance with the ceasefire agreement signed between Azerbaijan and Armenia on 10 November 2020, the entire Aghdam District passed under the control of Azerbaijan on 20 November 2020. At the 2008 census, its population was 39,900 people. 108,554 people lived in the district in 1979. Population rose to 131,293 in 1989, of whom 28,000 lived in the town of Aghdam and over 103,000 in villages and other rural areas. Following Aghdam's capture following Battle of Aghdam , all of Azerbaijani residents in Armenian-occupied areas were forced to flee. According to

80-506: Is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region . The district borders the districts of Khojaly , Kalbajar , Tartar , Khojavend , Aghjabadi , and Barda . Its capital is de jure Aghdam , though the current de facto capital is Quzanlı . As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 204,000. Most of the territory of the district was under the occupation of Armenian forces following

96-565: The First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. However, as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement which ended the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War , the city of Agdam and the surrounding district were returned to Azerbaijani control on 20 November 2020. There are different opinions about the origin of the name Aghdam. According to some sources, the word "Ağdam" means "white castle" in old Turkic . According to this version, Turkic-speaking tribes living in this region in

112-441: The First Nagorno-Karabakh War , during which Armenian forces captured the Azerbaijani city of Aghdam . The city of Aghdam, which had about 50,000 inhabitants prior to its capture, is located about 30 km northeast of Stepanakert and 5 km east of the border of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Armenian forces considered Aghdam as a main staging area of Azerbaijani forces for attacks and artillery strikes against

128-643: The Armenian-populated Nagorno-Karabakh region. A significant part of the surrounding Aghdam District was captured by Armenian forces as well. According to Human Rights Watch , Armenian forces used the power vacuum in Azerbaijan at the time, and seized Aghdam in July 1993. HRW reported that "during their offensive against Aghdam, Karabakh Armenian forces committed several violations of the rules of war, including hostage-taking, indiscriminate fire, and

144-400: The Azerbaijani census of 2009, the nominal population of the district was 175,400. Internally displaced people from Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding occupied regions were moved to Aghdam district from tent settlements around the country. They live in new houses built by the government. Battle of Aghdam The Battle of Aghdam (June – July 1993) took place on 23 July 1993 during

160-558: The Karabakh front vulnerable in the ensuing political crisis. Armenian forces took advantage of the crisis and advanced on Aghdam . Azerbaijanis in Aghdam and Armenians in Stepanakert and Askeran would exchange heavy artillery fire. The battle of Aghdam started on June 12 from north and south of Aghdam using Grad missile launchers, heavy artillery and tanks. The campaign also included simultaneous assault on Tartar . The first attack on

176-416: The city was repelled by Azerbaijani defense. The clash was marked by the death of Monte Melkonian , a famed Armenian military commander. Armenians were able to capture Farukh mountain 10 km away from Aghdam overlooking the town from the northeast. Khydyrly village around which Azerbaijani forces took up positions fell next. Despite the national mobilization, Azerbaijani forces were able to retake only

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192-414: The distant past built small fortresses mainly to defend themselves. Over time, the meaning of the name of the city changed. In the first half of the 18th century, the founder of the Karabakh khanate, Panahali khan, ordered that a white stone building be built for him in this city. For a long time, this building became a kind of icon for the inhabitants of the surrounding villages. In this sense, "Aghdam" means

208-600: The eastern border, separating Nagorno-Karabakh from the rest of Azerbaijan. These towns include Agdam and Fizuli, which [were] staging grounds for Azerbaijani operations in Nagorno-Karabakh." By mid-1993, Azerbaijani forces had lost control of most of the territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast which they had captured in Operation Goranboy in 1992. In June 1993, the rebellious Azerbaijani colonel Surat Huseynov marched his troops on Baku , leaving

224-515: The forcible displacement of civilians". After the city was seized, it was intentionally looted and burned under orders of Karabakh Armenian authorities in retaliation for Azerbaijan's destruction of the Armenian-populated city of Martakert . BBC reported that every single Azeri house in the town was blown up to discourage return. With collapse of the USSR and the beginning of the Karabakh war, as

240-423: The southwestern part of Shelli was populated before the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war . The village was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement . This Aghdam District location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Agdam District Aghdam District ( Azerbaijani : Ağdam rayonu ) is one of the 66 administrative divisions of Azerbaijan . It

256-592: Was occupied by the Artsakh Defense Army with the support of the Armenian Armed Forces on 23 July 1993, with the settlement being completely destroyed and the population of the city being expelled to the east, into Azerbaijan. Agdam, located in the buffer zone between the Armenian and Azerbaijani forces, then looked like a ghost town. It was founded in the 18th century and received city status in 1928. It

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