Istisu | |
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  Istisu | |
| Coordinates: 39°56′53″N 45°57′42″E / 39.94806°N 45.96167°E | |
| Country | 
Azerbaijan |
| District | Kalbajar |
| Time zone | UTC+4 ( AZT) |
İstisu (Istisu, lit. 'warm water' in Azerbaijani) is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan.
Situated in a river valley, Istisu has historically been a resort town, and during the Soviet period, it attracted people from all over the USSR to be treated at the mineral-springs baths located in the area. [1]
History
In the early Middle Ages, the royal baths of the rulers of Caucasian Albania were located in İstisu. [2] There is a resort in the town, known as Istisu resort.
The village was located in the Armenian-occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh, coming under the control of ethnic Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s. The village subsequently became part of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as part of its Shahumyan Province, referred to as Jermajur ( Armenian: Ջերմաջուր). In 2018 it was reported that work has begun on a privately funded factory to produce mineral water. [1] İstisu was returned to Azerbaijan on 25 November 2020 as part of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement.
See also
References
- ^ a b Kucera, Joshua (August 5, 2018). "For Armenians, they're not occupied territories – they're the homeland". eurasianet.org.
- ^ Hewsen, R. H. (1992). The Geography of Ananias of Širak: Ašxarhacʻoycʻ, the Long and the Short Recensions. Reichert. p. 197.
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