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'''Fizuli''' is a raion of [[Azerbaijan]], partially under the military control of Armenian forces<ref>[http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/02/908366e9-f535-4958-9383-09f351a1ef0c.html Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Nagorno-Karabakh: Timeline Of The Long Road To Peace, February 10, 2006</ref> since the end of [[Nagorno-Karabakh War]]. |
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'''Fizuli''' is in [[Nagorno-Karabakh|Karabakh]]. In antiquity this territory was part of the province of [[Artsakh]]; in [[Middle Ages]] it was part of Armenian princedom [[Khachen]]; at 17-18 centuries it was part of Armenian [[melik]]dom [[Dizak]] ([http://www.armenianhouse.org/raffi/also-ru/ulubabyan.html Raffi. Melikdoms of Khamsa]). The town of [[Fizuli (town)|Fizuli]] was founded in [[1827]] as a Russian settlement [[Karyagino]]; in 1959 it was renamed to Fizuli after the poet [[Fuzûlî|Muhammad Fuzûlî]].<ref>[http://www.cultinfo.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/116/139.htm Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Fizuli (town in Azerbaijan SSR).]</ref> Part of this region is now under the occupation of [[Armenians|Armenian]] from [[Nagorno-Karabakh]], whom have renamed it to its original name (prior to Mongolian invasion), '''Varanda''' ({{lang-hy|Վարանդա}}). [http://www.armeniapedia.org/index.php?title=Rediscovering_Armenia_Guidebook-_Martuni_Region] |
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The town of [[Fizuli (town)|Fizuli]] was founded in [[1827]] as a [[Russian]] settlement under the name [[Karyagino]]. In [[1959]], the town and the associated [[raion]] were renamed to Fizuli after the medieval poet [[Fuzûlî|Muhammad Fuzûlî]]<ref>[http://www.cultinfo.ru/fulltext/1/001/008/116/139.htm Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Fizuli (town in Azerbaijan SSR).]</ref>. |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 00:10, 5 October 2007
Fizuli is a raion of Azerbaijan, partially under the military control of Armenian forces[1] since the end of Nagorno-Karabakh War.
The town of Fizuli was founded in 1827 as a Russian settlement under the name Karyagino. In 1959, the town and the associated raion were renamed to Fizuli after the medieval poet Muhammad Fuzûlî[2].
References
- ^ [http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2006/02/908366e9-f535-4958-9383-09f351a1ef0c.html Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Nagorno-Karabakh: Timeline Of The Long Road To Peace, February 10, 2006
- ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia. Fizuli (town in Azerbaijan SSR).