Meşəli, Khojaly

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Meshali / Lesnoy
Meşəli / Լեսնոյ
Meshali / Lesnoy is located in Republic of Artsakh
Meshali / Lesnoy
Meshali / Lesnoy
Meshali / Lesnoy is located in Azerbaijan
Meshali / Lesnoy
Meshali / Lesnoy
Coordinates: 39°53′55.4″N 46°37′06.6″E / 39.898722°N 46.618500°E / 39.898722; 46.618500Coordinates: 39°53′55.4″N 46°37′06.6″E / 39.898722°N 46.618500°E / 39.898722; 46.618500
Country (de facto) Artsakh
 • ProvinceAskeran
Country (de jure) Azerbaijan
 • DistrictKhojaly
Time zoneUTC+4 (AMT)

Meshali (Armenian: Meşəli) or Lesnoy (Armenian: Լեսնոյ) is a village de facto in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village is located in the mountains to the west of the village of Patara.

History

Memorial wrote about the forced exodus of the Azerbaijani inhabitants of the village, along with several other Azerbaijani villages around the area during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. They emphasized the grave violence against Azerbaijani civilians in Meshali specifically.[1]

References

  1. ^ "СОБЫТИЯ, ПРЕДШЕСТВУЮЩИЕ ШТУРМУ ХОДЖАЛЫ". memo.ru (in Russian). Memorial. Archived from the original on 2010-07-31.

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