Yukhari Askipara

Yukhari Askipara (Azerbaijani: Yuxarı Əskipara), literally, "Upper Askipara") is a destroyed Azerbaijani village in an exclave of the Qazakh District of Azerbaijan, currently occupied by Armenia and completely surrounded by the Tavush Province area of Armenia. The exclave has been occupied by Armenian forces since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War which also included fighting in Qazakh. Today, the village is destroyed with only the foundations and some lower portions of the houses remaining.[1]

Yuxarı Əskipara
Yuxarı Əskipara
Coordinates: 41°03′58″N 45°01′24″E
CountryAzerbaijan (occupied by Armenia)
DistrictQazakh
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+5 (AZT)

History

There are three medieval bridges, a fortress and ruins of a church in the village.[2]

The village was occupied by the Armenian in 1990 and the village's Azerbaijani inhabitants were expelled from it. The village is now administered as part of Tavush Province of Armenia.[3] It was also renamed Verin Voskepar (Armenian: Վերին Ոսկեպար) during its occupation.

References
  1. Kiesling, Brady; Raffi Kojian (2001). Rediscovering Armenia: an archaeological/touristic gazetteer and map set for the historical monuments of Armenia. Tigran Mets. p. 69. ISBN 9993052280.
  2. Karapetyan, Samvel (2004). Northern Artsakh. Yerevan: RAA. ISBN 5-8080-0566-3.
  3. АРМЕНИЯ – АЗЕРБАЙДЖАН: ЭТО УЖЕ ПРОСТО ВОЙНА. Vlasts (in Russian). 20 August 1990.
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