Country Azerbaijan Local time Sunday 5:36 AM | Time zone AZT (UTC+4) Rayon Goygol District | |
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Çaykənd (also, Chaikend and Chaykend; Armenian: Գետաշեն, Getashen) is a village and municipality in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan, which used to be populated by Armenians. Its Armenian population were forcefully evicted and deported by Azeri and Soviet special forces during Operation Ring in 1991. It has a population of 2,236.
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History
Getashen as it is known in Armenian was in the past part of the Kingdom of Armenia and the Kingdom of Artsakh. It constituted an integral part of the Armenian populated Northern Nagorno-Karabakh region until the cleansing of the Armenian populace as a result of Operation Ring by Azerbaijan. During Operation Ring, Soviet forces acting in conjunction with the local Azerbaijani OMON forcibly deported Armenians living in the areas in and around Karabakh including Getashen. The operation involved the use of ground troops, military, armored vehicles and artillery. The deportations of the Armenian civilians were carried out with gross human rights violations documented by international human rights organizations.