Tartar (city)

"Tərtər" redirects here. Not to be confused with Terter.
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Tərtər is located in Azerbaijan
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Tərtər is located in Karabakh Economic Region
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Coordinates: 40°20′42″N 46°55′44″E / 40.34500°N 46.92889°E / 40.34500; 46.92889
Country Azerbaijan
DistrictTartar
Established1940
Area
 • Total
1,301.4 km2 (502.5 sq mi)
Elevation
255 m (837 ft)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total
19,419
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
Area code+994 246

Tartar (Azerbaijani: Tərtər (listen)ⓘ) is a city in and the capital of the Tartar District of Azerbaijan.[1]

Its population is approximately 18,200, as of 2008.[2] During the Russian Empire, the city was the administrative center of the Jevanshir Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate. The town was subjected to bombardment by the Armenian forces in the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[3]

History

From 1947 to 1949, Tartar had the status of an urban-type settlement, which was then transformed into the city of Mirbashir, named after the Azerbaijani Soviet party leader Mirbashir Gasimov.[4] In 1963, the Tartar district was abolished and its territory was merged into Barda District, alongside the city of Tartar. It became independent again in 1965.[5] On 7 February 1991, the historical name of the town, Tartar, was restored.[6]

In 1994, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, Armenian armed forces launched a large-scale attack on the city.[7] Azerbaijani forces managed to hold their positions in Tartar until the ceasefire was established,[8] following which the city came only a few kilometers from the line of contact.[9]

On 27 September 2020, the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War began. From 30 September to the end of the war, the city of Tartar was subjected to a bombardment from the Armenian side.[10] According to Aide to the President of Azerbaijan, Hikmat Hajiyev, over 2,000 shells were fired at the city on 2 October alone.[11]

On 8 July 2022, the master plan for the development of the city until 2038 was approved.[12]

Demographics

According to the 1897 census, Tartar—mentioned as Terter (Russian: Тертеръ)—had a population of 752 consisting of 565 Muslims and 122 Armenian Apostolics. The village had 496 men and 256 women.[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Terter". city-facts.com. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  2. ^ "The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan". 2011-01-28. Archived from the original on 2011-01-28. Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ^ "Nagorno-Karabakh: Iran warns of 'regional war' as fighting rages". BBC. 7 October 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  4. ^ Азербайджанская советская энциклопедия. Vol. 7. Баку: Главная редакция Азербайджанской советской энциклопедии. 1983. p. 587. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Tarixi | Azərbaycan Respublikası Tərtər Rayon İcra Hakimiyyəti". terter-ih.gov.az. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  6. ^ "Azərbaycan Respublikası Ali Sovetinin Qərarı" (in Azerbaijani). e-qanun.az. 1991. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2021-11-12.
  7. ^ Thomas de Waal (2005) [Black garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through peace and war]. Чёрный сад. Армения и Азербайджан между миром и войной (PDF). Москва: «Текст». pp. 317–318. ISBN 5-7516-0528-4. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |agency= ignored (help)

    Армяне действительно развернули на северо-западе новое наступление в направлении Тертера и Барды. Но каждая атака приводила к гибели многих необученных призывников.
  8. ^ Владимир Мухин (2013-02-13). "Армия Азербайджана вышла на направление главного удара". Независимая газета. Archived from the original on 2021-12-19. Retrieved 2022-01-25. Город Тертер, превращенный в 1994 году в неприступную крепость, которую не смогли тогда взять армянские войска.
  9. ^ Нина Ахметели (2016-05-07). "Конфликт в Карабахе: жизнь на линии фронта". Русская служба BBC.
  10. ^ "«Забрали женщин и детей и ушли». Мирные жители Нагорного Карабаха под обстрелами". www.bbc.com. October 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  11. ^ "Азербайджан сообщил о новых обстрелах города Тертер в Карабахе". iz.ru (in Russian). 3 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2022-05-07. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
  12. ^ "Утверждены генпланы городов Дашкесан и Тертер". Apa.az (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2022-07-13. Retrieved 2022-07-27.
  13. ^ Troinitsky, N. A. (1905). Населенные места Российской империи в 500 и более жителей с указанием всего наличного в них населения и числа жителей преобладающих вероисповеданий, по данным первой всеобщей переписи населения 1897 г. [Populated areas of the Russian Empire with 500 or more inhabitants, indicating the total population in them and the number of inhabitants of the predominant religions, according to the first general population census of 1897] (in Russian). Saint Petersburg: Tipografiya Obshchestvennaya polza. p. 32. Archived from the original on 10 August 2022.