Shushi (province)

Shushi (province)

Infobox Nagorno-Karabakh
Name = Shushi
ArmenianName = Շուշի
Nagorno-Karabakh


Capital = Shushi
GovernorName =
AreaRank =
TotalArea = 381
PercentWater = Negligible
PopulationYear = 2005
Population_rank = 7th
Population = 4324
Density = 11.34
PostalAbbreviation =
ISOCode =
FIPSRegionCode =
Website = www.karabakh.net

Shushi (Armenian: Շուշի) is an administrative region of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Sites of interest

* Shushi, its largest town.
* "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 freedom 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 ["Artsakh: A Photographic Journey" by Hrair Khatcherian, p. 12.]

References

See also

*Battle of Shushi

External links

* [http://www.nkr.am/eng/history/shushi.htm History of Shushi]


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