Buzluq

Buzluq
Municipality
Country	Azerbaijan
Rayon	Goranboy
Population
• Total	315
Time zone	UTC+4 (AZT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+5 (AZT)

Buzluq (also, Bouzloukh, Buzluk, Buzlukh, and Buzuluk - meaning "cold, iced" in Azerbaijani) is a village and municipality in the Goranboy Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 315. The municipality consists of the villages of Buzluq, Gülüstan, and Başqışlaq.

Prior to the breakup of the Soviet Union, it was populated by Armenians. During the Soviet time the people of Buzluq were engaged mainly in agriculture with considerable achievements due to heavy subsidization policy by the Azerbaijan SSR government.

With the outbreak of the conflict between Nagorno Karabakh and Azerbaijan, people of Buzluq were targeted by Azeri OMON units. The village was attacked from nearby Azeri-populated villages of Shafag and Zeyva. In the summer 1991 the village was occupied by Azeri AMON forces and subsequently looted. Soviet troops stationed in Kirovabad took active role in aiding Azeri forces in deporting Armenian population in the area. Which has come to be known as Operation Ring. In the fall of 1991, Armenian forces captured the village. Later it was occupied together with the whole Shahumyan district by Azerbaijani forces in June 1992.

Buzluq was one of 13 Armenian villages of the former Shahumyan region, which voted in 1991 referendum to reunite with Nagorno Karabkah and declare independence from Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic. It is now incorporated into Goranboy Rayon of Republic of Azerbaijan.

References

• Buzluq at GEOnet Names Server

See also

• First Nagorno-Karabakh War