Jivikhli

Jivikhli is a village in the Gazakh uezd of the former Yelizavetpol (Ganja) governorate, later in the former Chambarak (Krasnoselsk) district. The name of the village is pointed out also as Chivikhli, Chibukhli or Chibikhli. It lies 13 km to the northwest of Chambarak, and at a height of 1,720 m above sea level. It was under the subordination of the Kolkend village Soviet (a rural council of people’s deputies).

The village was inhabited by 80 Azerbaijanis in 1897. In March 1919 the inhabitants of the village were driven out having been exposed to the aggression of Armenians. The surviving inhabitants managed to return to their village following the establishment of Soviet power in the present-day Armenian territory. The place was solely inhabited by Azerbaijanis: 137 in 1922, 132 in 1931, 364 in 1970 and 351 Azerbaijanis in 1979. In November-December 1988 the inhabitants of the village, the Azerbaijanis, were deported by the state of Armenia.

The toponym was coined on the basis of the Turkic tribe “Chubukhlu”. Jivikhli is a dialectual variant of the ethnonym “Chubukhlu”. It is an ethnotoponym.

The village was renamed “Tsapkut” by the decision of Armenian parliament dated 4 July 2006. According to the law “On the administrative-territorial division of the Republic of Armenia” dated 7 November 1995, it was integrated into the administrative area of the Tavush province.

Geographic coordinates: latitude: 40°40’ N., longitude: 45°14′ E.