Shushi Province ( hy, Շուշիի շրջան) is a
province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of the
breakaway Republic of Artsakh
Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...
, ''de jure'' part of the Republic of
Azerbaijan
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. The province has 7 communities of which 1 is considered urban and 6 are rural. The town of
Shushi
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, settlement_type = City
, image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg
, image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar ...
(Shushi) and
Karin Tak came under control of the
Azerbaijan Army after the 2020
Battle of Shushi.
Sites of interest
*
Shushi
/ hy, Շուշի
, settlement_type = City
, image_skyline = ShushaCollection2021.jpg
, image_caption = Landmarks of Shusha, from top left:Ghazanchetsots Cathedral • Yukhari Govhar ...
, 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
Armenia
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n history as it was from there that Armenian fighters ambushed the
Azeri
Azerbaijanis (; az, Azərbaycanlılar, ), Azeris ( az, Azərilər, ), or Azerbaijani Turks ( az, Azərbaycan Türkləri, ) are a Turkic people living mainly in northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan. They are the second-most numer ...
military who were held in Shushi during the
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
*
Ghazanchetsots Cathedral
Holy Savior Cathedral ( hy, Սուրբ Ամենափրկիչ մայր տաճար, ''Surb Amenap′rkich mayr tachar''), commonly referred to as Ghazanchetsots ( hy, Ղազանչեցոց),), ''Kazanchetsots'' (russian: Казанчецоц). In A ...
, 1868–1887
* The Shushi Tank Memorial
* The church of
Kanach Zham (Կանաչ Ժամ եկեղեցի), 1847
[''Artsakh: A Photographic Journey'' by Hrair Khatcherian, p. 12.]
Shushi tank memorial-DCP 3043.JPG, The Shushi tank memorial
Ghazanchetsots.jpg, Ghazanchetsots Cathedral
References
External links
History of Shushi
Regions of the Republic of Artsakh
Shushi (province)
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