Azat, Armenie

Azat (Armenie: Ազատ, Romanisit as Azad; till 1935, Aghkilisa) is a veelage in the Gegharkunik Province o Armenie. The veelage haes a hivily ruined 11t century kirk an a pair o medieval khachkars. The veelage wis the birthplace o the celebratit Azeri fowklore poet Ashig Alasgar (Ashug Alesker) (1821-1926). Aw the ethnic Azeri inhabitants o Azat fled tae Azerbaijan in 1988-89 durin the course o Armenie-Azerbaijani conflict. References Azat, Armenie at GEOnet Names Server Report of the results of the 2001 Armenian Census, Naitional Statistical Service o the Republic o Armenie Brady Kiesling, Rediscovering Armenia, p. 82; oreeginal airchived at Archive.org, an current version online on Armeniapedia.org.