Shushi Province

Shushi Province (Armenian: Շուշիի շրջան) is a province of the breakaway 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 (Shushi) and Karin Tak came under control of the Azerbaijan Army after the 2020 Battle of Shushi.[1][2]

Shushi
Շուշի
Province
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)

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 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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