Skhtorashen
Skhtorashen (, also "Şıxtoraşen", "Skhtorasher", and "Suktorashen") or Shykh Dursun () is a village "de facto" in the Martuni Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, "de jure" in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. Near the village is a 2042 years old (as of 2022) giant Oriental plane tree ("Platanus orientalis") named Tnjri, with a circumference of 27 m and height of 54 m. History. During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Martuni District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Historical heritage sites. Historical heritage sites in and around the  village include Tnjri, a 2,000-year-old Oriental Plane, the 12th/13th-century village of "Mavas" (), the village of "Hin Skhtorashen" (, ) from between the 15th and 19th centuries, the 17th-century monastic complex of "Yerek Mankuk" () in "Mavas", and the church of "Surb Astvatsatsin" (, ) built in 1731. Economy and culture. The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. The village is part of the community of Karmir Shuka. Demographics. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population, and had 19 inhabitants in 2005.