Sugovushan(Madaghiz)

 Sugovushan village used to belong to the administrative territory of Agdara region in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region, but in 1992 Agdara region was abolished and its territory was divided between neighboring Aghdam region, Tartar region and Kalbajar region. Sugovushan village is also one of the villages connected to Tartar region.

Sugovushan was first liberated by the Azerbaijani Army in 1991-1992. In April 1994,the Echmiadzin volunteer group of the Armenian army led by Manvel Grigoryan re-occupied Sugovushan. Untill April 2016, about 500 Armenians lived in this settlement. 

He was released from occupation by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces on October 3, 2020. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev restored the historical name and named it Sugovushan.  

There are three historical and architectural monuments in Sugovushan village. 

1. Holy Elysee monastery(Müqəddəs Yelisey monastrı)

2. Bridge

3. Church(1898)

Holy Elysee monastery(Müqəddəs Yelisey monastrı).

This monument is an Albanian monastery of the 5th century and is located at the foot of Murovdag, between Sugovushan and Tepekend villages of Tartar region. This monument is one of the monuments built in memory of the Apostle Elysee, who made a great contribution to the spread of Christianity in Albania. In this monastery there was a tomb of the Albanian tsar Vachaga III, which was later destroyed bu Armenians and taken to other places. 

Sugovushan(Madaghiz) reservoir

"Sugovushan" reservoir located on the territory of Tartar river in Tartar region was put into operation in 1976. This reservoir is formed due to the inflow of water from the Tartarchay and Turagachay rivers.A total of 96,217 hectares of land from the reservoir with a total volume of 5.86 million cubic meters , including 24,481 hectares of Tartar region, 14,380 hectares of Agdara region, 6938 hectares of Goranboy region, 5912 hectares of Yevlakh region, 12,620 hectares of Barda region, 29,886 hectares of Aghdam region and its planned to provide 2000 hectares of arable land in Agjabadi district with irrigation water.

However, as a result of the Karabakh war 28 years ago, the Sugovushan reservoir was occupied. Since the reservoir has been under occupation since then, there have been serious difficulties in water supply to the land plots. At the same time, the lack of water has created serious environmental problems in the river.

As a result of the counter-offensive operation, which began on September 27, on October 3, 2020, the glorious Azerbaijani army liberated the village of Sugovushan and managed to release water from the reservoir.