Manashid
Manashid or Mənəşli (Manashli; Մենաշեն) is a village and municipality in the Goranboy District of Azerbaijan. It lies south of Todan village.
Today the village has a population of 298, and the municipality consists of two villages: Mənəşli and Erkeç. The village had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Operation Ring.
The village was founded as Manashid (or Monashid) by Swiss-German settlers and was once renowned for its cheese.
As part of the Shahumyan district of Soviet Azerbaijan, it was an Armenian-majority village. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the area around Manashid was at the heart of the fighting during Operation Ring in the spring of 1991.
In September 1991 the Chicago Tribune reported that the residents had lived "without electricity, gas and supplies for months" and that school had been cancelled as "residents fear putting all the children in one place that could be shelled".
During Operation Ring, Manashid was emptied of its ethnic Armenian population, and the village was essentially destroyed including the Armenian church of Surb Hovhannes. Some years later it was renamed Mənəşli (Menashli) and settled by Azerbaijanis.
Today the village has a population of 298, and the municipality consists of two villages: Mənəşli and Erkeç. The village had an Armenian majority prior to the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and Operation Ring.
The village was founded as Manashid (or Monashid) by Swiss-German settlers and was once renowned for its cheese.
As part of the Shahumyan district of Soviet Azerbaijan, it was an Armenian-majority village. During the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the area around Manashid was at the heart of the fighting during Operation Ring in the spring of 1991.
In September 1991 the Chicago Tribune reported that the residents had lived "without electricity, gas and supplies for months" and that school had been cancelled as "residents fear putting all the children in one place that could be shelled".
During Operation Ring, Manashid was emptied of its ethnic Armenian population, and the village was essentially destroyed including the Armenian church of Surb Hovhannes. Some years later it was renamed Mənəşli (Menashli) and settled by Azerbaijanis.
Map - Manashid
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Country - Azerbaijan
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The Azerbaijan Democratic Republic proclaimed its independence from the Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic in 1918 and became the first secular democratic Muslim-majority state. In 1920, the country was incorporated into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan SSR. The modern Republic of Azerbaijan proclaimed its independence on 30 August 1991, shortly before the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the same year. In September 1991, the ethnic Armenian majority of the Nagorno-Karabakh region formed the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The region and seven surrounding districts are internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan pending a solution to the status of the Nagorno-Karabakh through negotiations facilitated by the OSCE, although became de facto independent with the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994. Following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020, the seven districts and parts of Nagorno-Karabakh were returned to Azerbaijani control.
Currency / Language
| ISO | Currency | Symbol | Significant figures |
|---|---|---|---|
| AZN | Azerbaijani manat | ₼ | 2 |
| ISO | Language |
|---|---|
| HY | Armenian language |
| AZ | Azerbaijani language |
| RU | Russian language |