Verin Sznek
Verin Sznek or Yukhary Yemishjan is a village in the Khojaly 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 the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh by Azerbaijan following the 2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh.
History
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.
Historical heritage sites in and around the village include a cemetery from between the 16th and 19th centuries, the 18th/19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin, and a 19th-century spring monument.
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a medical centre, and a secondary school that is shared with the neighboring village of Nerkin Sznek.
Demographics
The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, had 28 inhabitants in 2005, and 33 inhabitants in 2015.