Armenians left $100bn worth of property after exodus from Artsakh.

YEREVAN (ARKA) — Armenians of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) left $100 billion worth of property in their homeland after their forced exodus on September 23, 2023, Armen Sargsyan, historical adviser at Genesis Armenia think tank, said.

 

‘The Armenians left 12 towns with 11,450 flats. Also 241 villages with 13,550 private houses. Of these, 30 per cent are houses built in the 18th century,’ Sargsyan said at a conference convened on the occasion of the year without Artsakh.

According to him, Nagorno Karabakh also had 60 plants, 15 factories, 4 water reservoirs, 5 canals, 37 hydroelectric power plants, 48 mines, 11 hospitals, 230 medical stations, 1 airport, 9 cultural centres, 200 culture houses, 25 museums, 156 libraries, 4 universities, 7 colleges, 232 schools, 232 gyms, 11 sports schools, 4 stadiums, 3500 hectares of forests and 1000 hectares of pomegranate orchards, 385 churches, 60 monastery complexes, 2385 cross-stones, 400 medieval cemeteries.

 

At the same time, Nagorno-Karabakh was home to 147,000 people until 2020. It also had 174,000 poultry, 21,000 pigs, 3,000 beehives, as well as 58,000 small cattle and 46,750 cattle.

 

Artsakh also had 27,000 cars, 8,000 lorries and 2,046 pieces of agricultural machinery. In addition, Artsakh had a well-developed road network, 445 kilometres of which were asphalted.

During the 24-hour campaign that began on 19 September, the Azerbaijani army defeated the understaffed and overstretched Armenian forces, forcing them to capitulate. The Artsakh government agreed to dissolve itself by the end of the year. The local ethnic Armenian population fled to Armenia for fear of repercussions.0-