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Shusha

Also known as Shushi

Shusha is a town on a mountain plateau in Karabakh, in Azerbaijan. Founded in the 1750s by Panah Ali Khan as the fortress and capital of the Karabakh Khanate, it became a centre of both Armenian and Azerbaijani culture under Russian rule. Its Armenian quarter was destroyed in a massacre in 1920; the town was held by Armenian forces from 1992 and retaken by Azerbaijan in 2020.

Shusha
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Melikdoms of KarabakhKarabakh Khanate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Shusha. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/shusha
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