Dashkesan :: ARTSAKH LOCATIONS

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Location

The village extends 28 kilometres south-west of Gandzak, at an altitude of 1,550 to 1,700 metres above sea level.

Historical Introduction

The administrative centre of the district of the same name.

1948 y․

It was established in the Soviet years and was granted municipal status in 1948.

Before the 1970s, Dashkesan was mostly inhabited by the Armenians, but later the number of the Turks gradually increased there.

1988 — 1989 yy․

It was totally stripped of its Armenian population during the forced deportation of 1988 to 1989.