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Shushi Region

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Capital
  
Shushi

Website
  
Shushi Province

Area rank
  
Ranked 7th


Shushi (Armenian: Շուշի) is an administrative province at the south-eastern part of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. It has 7 communities of which 1 is considered urban and 6 are rural.

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 historic in Armenian history as it was from there that Armenian fighters ambushed the Azeri military who were held in Shushi during the Nagorno-Karabakh War
  • Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, 1868–1887
  • The Shushi Tank Memorial
  • The church of Kanatch Zham (Կանաչ Ժամ եկեղեցի), 1847

    • References

    Shushi Region Wikipedia
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