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:''For the village in the Martakert Province, see Seysulan.'' Artsvashen ((アルメニア語:Արծվաշեն)), also Romanized as Artzvashen ("Eagle City" in Armenian), is an exclave of Armenia's Gegharkunik province which has been occupied by the Azerbaijani army since 1992.〔(Azerbaijan, by Human Rights Watch/Helsinki Org., 1994 )〕 The official Azerbaijani name for the village is Başkənd ((アゼルバイジャン語:Başkənd)).〔()〕 Its size is about 40 square kilometers, and it is completely surrounded by the territory of Azerbaijan and has been controlled by it since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Today, the village is mostly inhabited by Azeris as the Azerbaijani army expelled its Armenian population after it seized the territory〔Azerbaijan Seven Years of Conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, Christopher Panico, Human Rights Watch, Jemera Rone (1994), p.92〕 and is now administered by Azerbaijan as part of Gadabay Rayon. == History == The present village was founded in 1854 as Bashkend ((アルメニア語:Բաշքենդ)) by Armenians from Choratan in Shamshadin, although an earlier Armenian presence on the site is attested by an inscription dated to 1607 on the Surb Hovhannes church in the town. It was later changed to Hin Bashkend ((アルメニア語:Հին Բաշքենդ)), meaning Old Bashkend to differentiate it from New or Nor Bashkend, founded by migrants from the original settlement. In May 1991, the Armenian Interior Ministry reported that residents of Artsvashen averted an army occupation by surrendering their arms.〔(Soviet Army Is Reported to Attack And Occupy 2 Armenian Villages, New York Times, May 10, 1991 )〕 According to New York Times, in 1992 Azerbaijani side announced that armed forces had "liberated" the town, destroying enemy tanks and weaponry and killing 300 Armenian "brigands", while Armenian reports mentioned no dead but said 29 people were "missing without trace."〔(Armenia Seeks Help in Fighting Azerbaijan, New York Times, August 10, 1992 )〕 Accusing Azerbaijan of mounting an "undeclared war," Armenian President Levon Ter-Petrosyan sent a telegram to leaders of the Commonwealth of Independent States saying that "aggression has been committed against a state that is a member of the C.I.S. and the system of collective security".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Artsvashen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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