Shahyeri () or Sarinshen () is a village in the Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an ethnic Armenian-majority population prior to the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Hadrut District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, the village was administrated as part of the Hadrut Province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The village came under the control of Azerbaijan during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Historical heritage sites Historical heritage sites in and around the village include khachkars, tombstones, the spring monument of Verin (, ), and the 19th-century church of Surb Astvatsatsin (, ).
Demographics The village had 27 inhabitants in 2005, and 15 inhabitants in 2015.
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