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According to the "Encyclopedic Dictionary of Azerbaijani Toponyms", the name Azykh originates from Old Turkic, meaning "bear den".[4] According to the book "Historical-Architectural Monuments of Nagorno-Karabakh" by Shahen Mkrtchyan, the name Azokh originates from the Armenian word Ազոխ, Azokh, meaning "unripe grapes".[5]
The Azykh Cave, located near the village, is a six-cave complex, known as a habitation site of prehistoric humans.[6] The ancient layers of the Middle Paleolithic have yielded Neanderthal fossil remains that may date from around 300,000 years ago.[7]
The village came under the control of Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.[8] Subsequently, The Guardian and Der Spiegel reported that Azerbaijani forces committed a war crime by decapitating Yuri Asryan, an 82-year-old Armenian man who remained in Azokh despite the Azerbaijani offensive towards the village.[9][10]
Azykh contains a number of historical heritage sites, two of which are registered by the Republic of Artsakh as immovable cultural heritage sites.[11] The registered sites are the Azykh Cave, dating back to the Stone Age, located 700 m to the southeast, as well as the 13th-century bridge of Tsiltakhach (Armenian: Ծիլտախաչ), located 1 km to the southeast.[12][13][14] In addition, the village contains the 17th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (Armenian: Սուրբ Աստվածածին, lit.'Holy Mother of God') - a 14 m long and 8 m wide stone building built on two arches,[12][13] and a historical cemetery dating from between the 10th and 19th centuries.[12] Amarkhatun Monastery, Tsitskar Fortress, and Melik Sagam's battlement are also located near the village.[13]
^Stepʻan Tigrani, Melikʻ-Bakhshyan (1979). Hayotsʻ patmutʻyan aghbyuragitutʻyun (hnaguyn zhamanakneritsʻ minchʻev XVIII dari verjě). Yerevan: University of Michigan; Yerevan University Publishing House. p. 323.
^List of immovable cultural monuments of the history of the Artsakh Republic, published by the Department of Tourism, Historical Environment Protection under the Government of the Artsakh Republic.