Karmir Shuka

Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar
Կարմիր Շուկա / Qırmızı Bazar
Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar is located in Azerbaijan
Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar
Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar
Location within Azerbaijan
Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar is located in Karabakh Economic Region
Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar
Karmir Shuka / Girmizi Bazar
Location within Karabakh Economic Region
Coordinates: 39°40′33″N 46°56′55″E / 39.67583°N 46.94861°E / 39.67583; 46.94861
Country Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojavend
Population
 (2015)
 • Total
1,113
Time zoneUTC+4 (AZT)

Karmir Shuka (Armenian: Կարմիր Շուկա) or Girmizi Bazar (Azerbaijani: Qırmızı Bazar) is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Karabakh. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population until the expulsion of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.

Etymology

The name of the village was Krasny Bazar (Russian: Красный Базар) during the Soviet Union, meaning "Red Market" in Russian. The Armenian name, and the Azerbaijani rendering, also mean "Red Market".

History

During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Historical heritage sites

Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Tnjri, a 2,000-year-old Oriental Plane, the 12th/13th-century village of Mavas (Armenian: Մավաս), a 12th/13th-century khachkar, a cemetery from between the 17th and 18th centuries, the 17th-century monastic complex of Yerek Mankuk (Armenian: Երեք մանկուք) in Mavas, the church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit. 'Holy Mother of God') built in 1731 near the nearby village of Skhtorashen, and the 18th-century St. George's Chapel Church (Armenian: Սուրբ Գևորգ մատուռ-եկեղեցի, romanized: Surb Gevorg Matur-Yekeghetsi).

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, a kindergarten, eight shops, and a medical centre. The community of Karmir Shuka includes the village of Skhtorashen.

Demographics

The village had 926 inhabitants in 2005, and 1,113 inhabitants in 2015.

As of December 2025, 85 Azerbaijani families, totaling 344 individuals, have been resettled in Girmizi Bazar by Azerbaijan.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Hakob Ghahramanyan. "Directory of socio-economic characteristics of NKR administrative-territorial units (2015)".
  2. ↑ Андрей Зубов. "Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война". drugoivzgliad.com. Archived from the original on 2020-10-20.
  3. ↑ Sauer, Pjotr (2 October 2023). "'It's a ghost town': UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Everett-Heath, John (2020). "Gyrmyzy Bazar". The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (6 ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0191905636.
  5. ↑ Kiesling, Brady; Kojian, Raffi (2019). Rediscovering Armenia: An in-depth inventory of villages and monuments in Armenia and Artsakh (3rd ed.). Armeniapedia Publishing.
  6. ↑ "The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic" (PDF). National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-03-02. Retrieved 2021-01-16.
  7. ↑ "Laçına, Xocavəndin Hadrut və Qırmızı Bazar qəsəbələrinə və Ağdamın Xıdırlı kəndinə köç karvanları yola salınıb". report.az (in Azerbaijani). Retrieved 2025-12-17.