Chanakhchi, Khojaly

Chanakhchi () or Avetaranots () is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village is the birthplace of Armenian prince and lieutenant general of the Russian Empire Valerian Madatov. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History.
The village was captured by Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and was administrated as part of the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh. The village was recaptured by Azerbaijan on 9 November 2020, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. 