Skhtorashen
Skhtorashen or Shykh Dursun is a village located in the Khojavend 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 Armenian-majority population until the Expulsion of [Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians|expulsion] of the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Near the village is a 2042 years old giant Oriental plane tree named Tnjri, with a circumference of 27 m and height of 54 m.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include Tnjri, a 2,000-year-old Oriental Plane, the 12th/13th-century village of Mavas, the village of Hin Skhtorashen from between the 15th and 19th centuries, the 17th-century monastic complex of Yerek Mankuk in Mavas, and the church of Surb Astvatsatsin built in 1731.
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. The village is part of the community of Karmir Shuka.
Demographics
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and had 19 inhabitants in 2005.