DASHLY (DASHDY)

A village in the Dzhigindar district of Vedibasar district, on the bank of the Vedi river, 3 km northeast of the village of Boyuk Vedi, the ­center of the Vedi district.

Until 1920, only Azerbaijani Turks lived in the village. In 1922-1988 it was a mixed village where Azerbaijanis and Armenians lived together. After 1988, the village was completely Armenized.

In 1832, 84 Azerbaijani Turks (43 men, 41 women) lived in 16 households in the village, and in 1873, 147 Azerbaijani Turks (83 men, 64 women) lived in 24 families.­

The population of the village in 1886 was 135 people (80 men, 55 women) in 23 households, in 1897 - 184 people, in 1904 - 238 people, in 1914 - 261 people.

In the 1920s, the village that was subjected to the Armenian-Dashnak aggression was destroyed, part of its population died in battles with Armenians, the survivors became refugees who emigrated ­from Araz to South Azerbaijan.

After the establishment of Soviet power in the region, a small part of the rural population returned. At that time, ­Armenians from Iran and Turkey settled in the village. In 1922, 93 Azerbaijanis, 78 Armenians lived in the village, in 1926 - 95 Azerbaijanis, 60 Armenians, in 1931 - 117 Azerbaijanis, 78 Armenians.

In 1937-1948, the majority of the Azerbaijani population of the village that existed as part of the Karabakh region was forcibly ­resettled to Azerbaijan in 1948, in their empty ready-made houses in 1946-1947, Armenians who came from abroad were accommodated.

On July 3 , 1968 , the village was renamed to Dashtakar.­ In fact, the Armenians added the word dash (deaf in Armenian) to the name of the village of Dashdy (Dashly), and came up with the name Dashtakar. Until recent years, the village was ­part of the Boyuk-Vedic Village Council.

The last Azerbaijani families living in the village were expelled from their native places during the genocide of Western Azerbaijanis in ­­1988, the village was completely Armenized.