Shushi Province

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

Shushi Province (Armenian: Շուշիի շրջան) is a province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, de jure part of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The province has 7 communities of which 1 is considered urban and 6 are rural. The town of Shushi and Karintak were captured by the Azerbaijan Army 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 Azeri military who were held in Shushi during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War
  • Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, 1868–1887
  • The Shushi Tank Memorial
  • The church of Kanatch Zham (Կանաչ Ժամ եկեղեցի), 1847[3]

See also[]

  • Shushi
  • Shushi

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.

External links[]

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


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