Çaykənd, Goygol


Çaykənd is a village and municipality in the Goygol Rayon of Azerbaijan, which used to be populated by Armenians. Its Armenian population were forcefully evicted and deported by Azeri and Soviet special forces during Operation Ring in 1991. It has a population of 2,236.

History

Soviet forces acting in conjunction with the local Azerbaijani OMON forcibly deported Armenians living in the areas in and around Karabakh including Getashen. The operation involved the use of ground troops, military, armored vehicles and artillery. The deportations of the Armenian civilians were carried out with gross human rights violations documented by international human rights organizations.