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|name                   = Kusapat / Chiragly
|native_name            = Կուսապատ / Çıraqlı
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'''Kusapat''' ({{langx|hy|Կուսապատ}}; {{langx|az|Qasapet}}) or '''Chiragly''' ({{langx|az|Çıraqlı}}) is a village in the [[Tartar  District]] of [[Azerbaijan]], in the region of [[Nagorno-Karabakh]]. Until 2023 it was controlled by the breakaway [[Republic of Artsakh]]. The village had an ethnic [[Armenians|Armenian]]-majority population<ref>{{cite web |url=https://drugoivzgliad.com/karabach-mir-i-voina-a-zubov/ |title=Андрей Зубов. Карабах: Мир и Война |author=Андрей Зубов |date= |website=drugoivzgliad.com |publisher= |access-date= |quote=}}</ref> until the [[Flight of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|exodus]] of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh following the [[2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sauer |first=Pjotr |date=2 October 2023 |title=‘It’s a ghost town’: UN arrives in Nagorno-Karabakh to find ethnic Armenians have fled |language=en-GB |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/02/nagorno-karabakh-ghost-town-un-ethnic-armenians-azerbaijan |access-date=9 November 2023 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
== Etymology ==
There are different accounts with regard to the origin of the name "Kusapat". In one account the village takes its name from the Armenian word "Kisapat" ({{langx|hy|Կիսապատ}}) meaning "half wall" or "semi-walled", which has its origin in a story of a devout bricklayer building a church in the village, but after finding out that its inhabitants intended to pay him for his work, he left, leaving the church half-built. In another account, the village takes its name from a convent named "Kuysapat" near the village.<ref name="1892publication"/>
== History ==
Kusapat was founded in the 15th century by Armenian Prince Atabek Hasan-Jalalyan, the fifth son of Prince Jalal III of the [[Atabekians|Atabekian]] dynastic branch of the [[House of Hasan-Jalalyan]], when Karabakh was under Persian domination. Atabek won the favor of a Persian sovereign, and was permitted to return and settle in his homeland at a place of his choosing in the territories between the rivers of [[Tartar (river)|Tartar]] and Khachen. With continuous attacks by Lezgins and Tatars and after two military campaigns headed by [[Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar]] being conducted in the area, Kusapat and surrounding villages were left deserted by the late 18th century. One of the descendants of Atabek, [[:hy:Մելիք-Վանի Աթաբեկյան|Melik-Vani Atabekyan]] ({{langx|hy|Մելիք-Վանի Աթաբեկյան}}), assisted the Russians in their war against the Persians during the [[Russo-Persian War (1804–1813)]] and later rebuilt the village together with families originally from Kusapat. Later, Melik-Vani Atabekyan also founded or restored six other settlements in the area: [[Mets Shen, Martakert|Mets Shen]], [[Mokhratagh]], [[Maghavuz, Nagorno-Karabakh|Maghavuz]], [[Varnkatagh, Nagorno-Karabakh|Varnkatagh]], [[Vardadzor, Martakert|Vardadzor]], and [[Chankatagh]].<ref name="1892publication">{{cite web|title=1892 Publication Recounts History of 15th Century Armenian Village in Artsakh|url=https://anca.org/1892-publication-recounts-history-of-15th-century-armenian-village-in-artsakh/|website=Armenian National Committee of America}}</ref>
During the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] period, the village was a part of the [[Mardakert District (NKAO)|Mardakert District]] of the [[Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]].
Kusapat was badly damaged during the [[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]. On 7 July 1992 the village was captured and destroyed by the Azerbaijani Army. On 16 July 1992, it was recaptured by Artsakh.
== Historical heritage sites ==
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include the church of ''Surb Astvatsatsin'' ({{langx|hy|Սուրբ Աստվածածին}}, {{lit|Holy Mother of God}}) built in 1269, a 12th/13th-century [[khachkar]], the medieval Martyr's Shrine ({{langx|hy|Նահատակ սրբատեղի|Nahatak Srbateghi}}), a medieval cemetery, and the 18th-century Melik-Israyelyan Fortress ({{langx|hy|Մելիք-Իսրայելյանների ամրոց|Melik-Israyelyanneri Amrots}}).<ref name="2015statistics"/>
== Economy and culture ==
The population is mainly engaged in [[agriculture]] and [[animal husbandry]]. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a secondary school, two shops, and a medical centre.<ref name="2015statistics"/>
== Demographics ==
The village had 276 inhabitants in 2005,<ref name="2005nkrcensus">{{Cite web|url=http://census.stat-nkr.am/nkr/1-1.pdf|title=The Results of the 2005 Census of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic|website=National Statistic Service of the Republic of Artsakh}}</ref> and 259 inhabitants in 2015.<ref name="2015statistics"/> Historically, there has been a [[Greeks|Greek]] presence in the village as well as in the neighboring village of [[Mehmana]].<ref name="iwpr">{{Cite web|url=https://iwpr.net/global-voices/slow-demise-karabakh-greeks|title=Slow Demise of Karabakh Greeks|website=iwpr.net|date=2005-04-27}}</ref>
== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200px">
Mill_of_the_Atabekians.tif|One of the 11 mills of the [[Atabekians]] in Kusapat
Seal of Prince Vani Atabekian, Prince of Jraberd.jpg|Seal of Melik-Vani Atabekyan, Lord of Jraberd
</gallery>
== References ==
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== External links ==
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