About Kashatagh (Lachin)

Kashatagh (Lachin) is a town and region in Artsakh, southwest from Shushi. In 1926, it was torn away from Armenia on the pretext of founding a "Kurdish autonomy"; after the silent liquidation of the latter in 1930 was attached to the Soviet Azerbaijan.

Kashatagh obviously split to two minor parts named after the fortresses of Kashatagh and Khozhoraberd, situated in the former Aghahej.
Unlike Khozhoraberd, the district of Kashatagh, including the southern and southeastern parts of the former Aghahej, had been playing some role during the next centuries and was mentioned for a number of times. It is recorded alongside with village Khoznavar in the colophon of the manuscript Gospel of 1488: "written in the district of Kashatagh, in the village called Khozanavar, under the auspices of St. Stephanos, the Martyr...". The vast majority of visitors arrive in Karabakh through the Lachin Corridor(the smooth new highway, from Goris to Stepanakert passes through the Lachin corridor).

Several schools are reconstructed in Kashatagh by the Armenian Educational Foundation.
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