Buzlukh

Buzluk (means "cold, iced" in Azerbaijani) is a village in Azerbaijan's Goranboy region, previously populated by Armenians. Armenians were settled from Iran to this village and other surrounding areas early 19th century by Russia in course of and after Russo-Iranian. This settlement policy led to repeated tensions among local Azerbaijani Turks and newly settled Armenians, which certainly served the interest of Imperial Russia. During the Soviet time the people of Buzluk were engaged mainly in agriculture with considerable achievements due to heavy subsidization policy by Azerbaijani government. With the outbreak of the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan people of Buzluk were armed by Armenia. This village served as base for armed...