OBERIU was a short-lived avant-garde collective of Russian Futurist writers, musicians, and artists in the 1920s and 1930s. The group coalesced in the context of the "intense centralization of Soviet Culture" and the decline of the avant garde culture of Leningrad, as "leftist" groups were becoming increasingly marginalized.
Astara is the southernmost rayon in southeastern Azerbaijan.
Shamkir is a rayon in Azerbaijan. It is located in the northwestern part of the Azerbaijan Republic. The rayon was previously called "Shamkhor" during the Soviet rule and was renamed to Shamkir only in 1991 after restoration of independence of Azerbaijan. The district was established in 1930. The capital of Shamkir Rayon is Shamkir city.
Karki or Tigranashen is a village that is de jure an exclave of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan. The village is near the border with Armenia, located on the bank of the Arpachay River near the Yerevan-Jermuk highway, which is 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) away from the district center. The area of the village itself is 950 hectares. Karki is de jure within the administrative territory of the Sadarak Rayon of Nakhchivan. It was occupied on January 19, 1990, by Armenian forces.
The Tsakhur or Caxur people are an ethnic group of northern Azerbaijan and southern Dagestan (Russia). They number about 30,000 and call themselves yiqy, but are generally known by the name Tsakhur, which derives from the name of a Dagestani village, where they make up the majority.
Artsvashen, also Romanized as Artzvashen, is an exclave of Armenia's Gegharkunik province which has been occupied by the Azerbaijani army since 1992. The official Azerbaijani name for the village is Başkənd. Its size is about 40 square kilometres, and it is completely surrounded by the territory of Azerbaijan and has been controlled by it since the Nagorno-Karabakh War. Today, the village is mostly inhabited by Azeris as the Azerbaijani army expelled its Armenian population after it seized the territory and is now administered by Azerbaijan as part of Gadabay Rayon.
Chinari is a town in the Tavush Province of Armenia.The town lies very close to the Armenia-Azerbaijani border, and is the town closest to the Khoranashat monastery, which is northeast of the town on a hill. the monastery is only feet away from the border, and is abandoned.
Hat'ērk or Hasanriz is an old Armenian village in the Mountainous Karabakh. According to the jurisdiction of the unrecognized Nagorno Karabakh Republic, which controls the village, it is in Martakert region of NKR. According to the jurisdiction of Azerbaijan, the village is in the Kelbajar region of Azerbaijan. According to the census in 1987, the village had population of 1527 people, all Armenians. It was one of the Capitols of the Principality of Khachen, a Principality that existed from 1261-1603 when the region was broken up into a feudal Armenian/Azeri Persian Khanate.
Günəşli is a village and municipality in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,022. The municipality consists of the villages of Günəşli and Babagil.
Noda is a village and municipality in the Lerik Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,215. The municipality consists of the villages of Noda and Aşağı Bilnə.
Khodzham Saqly is a village in the Qubadli Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Dashalfy is a village in the Qubadli Rayon of Azerbaijan. Dashalfy is the Azeri village in Qubadli
Mustafa is a village in the Saatly Rayon of Azerbaijan.
Char Chinar, also sometimes called Char Chinari, Ropa Lank, or Rupa Lank, is an island in Dal Lake, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Dal Lake includes 3 islands, 2 of which are marked with beautiful Chinar trees. The island located on the Bod Dal is known as Rupa Lank, is marked with the presence of majestic Chinar trees at the four corners, thus known as Char-Chinari. The second Chinar Island, known as Sona Lanka, is located on the Lokut Dal, and over looks the holy shrine of Hazratbal.
Zandabad is a village in Owch Hacha Rural District, in the Central District of Ahar County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 1,104, in 224 families.
The 2012 border clashes between the armed forces of Armenia and Azerbaijan took place in early June. The clashes resulted in casualties on both sides.
Nakhchivan or Nakhichevan may refer to:
Chinari is a village and hill station in Jehlum Valley District of Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is located 51 kilometers (32 mi) from Muzaffarabad on the bank of Jhelum River.
Clashes on the Armenian–Azerbaijan border (Tavush–Qazakh) and the line of contact between the Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan started on 27 July 2014. Reported casualties of the clashes were some of the highest since the 1994 ceasefire agreement that ended the Nagorno-Karabakh War.
