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| '''Daşbulaq''' ({{transl|az|Dashbulag}}) is a village in the ] of ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gateway.az/cgi-bin/cl2_gw/browse.cgi?lang=en&topic=000e26 |title=Azerbaijan Development Gateway |access-date=2019-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114101904/http://gateway.az/cgi-bin/cl2_gw/browse.cgi?lang=en&topic=000e26 |archive-date=2008-11-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | '''Daşbulaq''' ({{transl|az|Dashbulag}}) is a ghost village in the ] of ].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gateway.az/cgi-bin/cl2_gw/browse.cgi?lang=en&topic=000e26 |title=Azerbaijan Development Gateway |access-date=2019-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081114101904/http://gateway.az/cgi-bin/cl2_gw/browse.cgi?lang=en&topic=000e26 |archive-date=2008-11-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | ||
| ==History== | |||
| Originally known as Kilsali due to the proximity of ancient churches (kilsə means church), the village was renamed Daşbulaq (meaning stone spring) commemorating two ancient stone baths which remain the village's most notable feature. In 1956 the village was given the suitably communist name Oktyabrkend in honour of the ] but in 1992 - following Azerbaijan's independence the former name of the village - Dashbulag - was restored. Just a year later, the village - along with the whole surrounding region - was occupied by Armenian forces and incorporated into the internationally unrecognised ]. The village was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the peace treaty that ended the ]. A video of the village circulated in January 2021, shortly after its liberation, shows all of the stone houses to be derelict and abandonned<ref></ref>. | |||
| ===The stone baths=== | |||
| Dashbulag takes its name from a spring which flows into a pair of ancient hand-carved stone troughs or 'baths', each around 2m long, 1m wide and 60cm high. The surfaces of each trough are inscribed in an ancient language said by some sources to be in the script of ]. The spring water, which is considered to have medicinal properties, flows from the spring first filling one bath then overflowing into the second through a special opening<ref>Məzahir Təhməzov Kəlbəcər Ensiklopedik məlumatlar Toponimlər fotoşəkillər xəritələr</ref>. | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Daşbulaq (Dashbulag) is a ghost village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.
History
Originally known as Kilsali due to the proximity of ancient churches (kilsə means church), the village was renamed Daşbulaq (meaning stone spring) commemorating two ancient stone baths which remain the village's most notable feature. In 1956 the village was given the suitably communist name Oktyabrkend in honour of the October Revolution but in 1992 - following Azerbaijan's independence the former name of the village - Dashbulag - was restored. Just a year later, the village - along with the whole surrounding region - was occupied by Armenian forces and incorporated into the internationally unrecognised Republic of Artsakh. The village was returned to Azerbaijan as part of the peace treaty that ended the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. A video of the village circulated in January 2021, shortly after its liberation, shows all of the stone houses to be derelict and abandonned.
The stone baths
Dashbulag takes its name from a spring which flows into a pair of ancient hand-carved stone troughs or 'baths', each around 2m long, 1m wide and 60cm high. The surfaces of each trough are inscribed in an ancient language said by some sources to be in the script of Caucasian Albanian. The spring water, which is considered to have medicinal properties, flows from the spring first filling one bath then overflowing into the second through a special opening.
References
- "Azerbaijan Development Gateway". Archived from the original on 2008-11-14. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
- Video posted in January 2021 showing the current state of the village
- Məzahir Təhməzov Kəlbəcər Ensiklopedik məlumatlar Toponimlər fotoşəkillər xəritələr
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