Country Azerbaijan Local time Sunday 7:11 AM | Time zone AZT (UTC+4) Rayon Shamkir District | |
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Çənlibel (also, Chardakhlu, or Khachisar) formerly Armenian village, that is now municipality in the Shamkir Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,047.
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Map of Chanlibel, Azerbaijan
History
At the times of Russian Empire there was Armenian village of Yelizavetpol district of Yelizavetpol province. According to the Caucasian Calendar for 1908, the entirely Armenian village of Khachisar had a population of 1,862 people. It was prominent as birthplace of many heroes of Great Patriotic War. 1250 inhabitants of the village went to the German frontline. Half of them, were awarded orders and medals, two became marshals (Hamazasp Babajanyan and Hovhannes Bagramyan), twelve became colonels, seven became Heroes of the Soviet Union. By September and October 1987, the first secretary of Shamkhor district committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan M. Assadov comes into conflict with the Armenian inhabitants of Chardakhly in connection with the protests of the villagers against the replacement of Armenian farm manager by Azeri one. This events cause meatings and anti-Azerbaijani demonstrations in Yerevan.