Today marks 1 year since liberation of Sugovushan from Armenian occupation

Today marks one year since the liberation of Sugovushan and Talish villages of Azerbaijan’s Tartar district from the occupation of the Armenian Armed Forces, Report informs.

On October 3, 2020, the Azerbaijani Army cleared both villages of Armenian occupiers.

On the same day, the glorious Azerbaijani tricolor was hoisted in Sugovushan and Talish.

In 1992, the Aghdara district was abolished and its territory was divided between the neighboring Aghdam, Tartar and Kalbajar districts. The village, whose ancient name was Sugovushan, was renamed Madagiz during the Soviet era and is one of the settlements included in the Tartar district.

Sugovushan was first liberated by the Azerbaijani Army in 1991-1992. However, in April 1994, it was re-occupied by Armenia.

Sugovushan water reservoir and Sugovushan-1 hydroelectric power station are located in the village. After occupying Sugovushan, the Armenians established military units here. Military unit 49971 was considered one of the best military units of the Armenian Army in Karabakh. In addition, military unit 33651, designated by the Armenian Army as the "6th Defense District", also held a position in Sugovushan.

President of Azerbaijan, victorious Supreme Commander-in-Chief Ilham Aliyev announced that Sugovushan was liberated from Armenian occupation on October 3, 2020. Then the Supreme Commander-in-Chief congratulated Major General Hikmat Hasanov, who commanded the 1st Army Corps at that time, on the liberation of Sugovushan.

The battle of Sugovushan is considered to be one of the most important battles of the Azerbaijani Army on the north-eastern front in the Second Karabakh War. During the battles in the direction of Sugovushan-Aghdara, 4 tanks of the 77th tank battalion of the Armenian Armed Forces were destroyed and 3 tanks were taken as trophies.

As a result of artillery strikes by Azerbaijani troops on the defense area of the 5th Destroyer Regiment of the Armenian Armed Forces in the direction of Aghdara, 4 vehicles of the regiment were destroyed, many people were killed and wounded. Several units of the 5th Destroyer Regiment fled the battlefield.

Sugovushan’s liberation from the enemy ensured water supplies from Sugovushan reservoir to Tartar, Goranboy and Yevlakh districts, which restored ecological balance.

On the legislative initiative of President Ilham Aliyev, the bill "On renaming the village of Madagiz in the Tartar district of Azerbaijan as Sugovushan" was sent to the Milli Majlis (Parliament). The bill was discussed and adopted at the plenary session on October 6, 2020.

Then, President Ilham Aliyev signed a law on renaming Madagiz village Sugovushan. According to the document, Madagiz village within the Chayli village administrative district of Tartar district was renamed Sugovushan village.

According to the relevant decrees signed by President Ilham Aliyev on December 29, 2020 and June 24, 2021, a group of servicemen was awarded the medal "For the liberation of Sugovushan."

The village of Talish, liberated from Armenian occupation on October 3, 2020, was the center of the Gulustan melikdom in the XVIII-XIX centuries. Talish village used to belong to the administrative territory of Aghdara district. However, in 1992, the Aghdara district was abolished and its territory was divided between the neighboring Aghdam, Tartar and Kalbajar districts. Talish village is also one of the villages added to Tartar district.

The village was occupied by the Armenian Army at the beginning of the Karabakh war. However, during the 1992 Aghdara operation, on June 16, the village was liberated from the Armenian occupiers as a result of a joint rapid attack from the direction of Tapgaragoyunlu by the 1st Goranboy Battalion of the National Hero of Azerbaijan Mahammad Hasanov and the tank battalion of Commander Nazim Bayramov (8 tanks in total). Only one Azerbaijani soldier was wounded in the attack. However, the Armenian forces that attacked in April 1994 re-occupied the village.

On April 2, 2016, the strategic heights around Talish were completely recaptured from the enemy during the operation of the Azerbaijani Army against the Armenian occupiers.

On the night of February 24-25, 2017, the Armenian Armed Forces carried out a provocation to seize the strategic heights around the village of Talish. However, during the operation, the Azerbaijani Armed Forces prevented them and destroyed the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

Along with Sugovushan and Talysh villages, Mehdili, Chakhirli, Ashagi Maralyan, Shaybay, Guyjag villages of Jabrayil district and Ashagi Abdurrahmanli village of Fuzuli district were liberated from the occupation of the Armenian Armed Forces on October 3.

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