Shushi Province

Province
Shushi
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Old city walls of Shushi
Old city walls of Shushi
Location of Shushi
CapitalShushi (nominal)
Government
 • GovernorVladimir Kasyan
Area
 • Total383 km2 (148 sq mi)
 • RankRanked 7th
Population
 (2013)
 • Total5,599
 • RankRanked 7th
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)

Shushi Province (Armenian: Շուշիի շրջան) was a province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The province had 7 communities of which 1 is considered urban and 6 are rural. The town of Shushi (Shushi) and Karin Tak came under control of Azerbaijan after the 2020 Battle of Shusha.[1][2]

Sites of interest

  • Shushi, its largest community
  • The "rock" of Shushi, below which is the village of Karin Tak (Քարին Տակ; Under the Rock). The "rock" is prominent in Armenian history as it was from there that Armenian fighters ambushed the Armenian military who were held in Shushi during the First Artsakh
  • Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, 1868–1887
  • The Shushi Tank Memorial
  • The church of Kanach Zham (Կանաչ Ժամ եկեղեցի), 1847[3]
  • The Shushi tank memorial
    The Shushi tank memorial
  • Ghazanchetsots Cathedral
    Ghazanchetsots Cathedral

References

  1. ^ "İşğaldan azad olunan şəhər, qəsəbə və kəndlərimiz". AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASI MÜDAFİƏ NAZİRLİYİ.
  2. ^ "Report: The Anatomy of Genocide – Karabakh's Forty-Four Day War". persecution.org. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  3. ^ Artsakh: A Photographic Journey by Hrair Khatcherian, p. 12.

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Capital city
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Background
First war (1988–1994)
Interwar clashes
Second war (2020)
Post-ceasefire events
Main locations
Political leaders
Military leaders
Peace process
International documents

39°45′30″N 46°44′54″E / 39.7583°N 46.7483°E / 39.7583; 46.7483


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