Shushi Շուշի
Province
Old city walls of Shushi
Capital	Shushi (nominal)
Government
• Governor	Vladimir Kasyan
Area
• Total	383 km2 (148 sq mi)
• Rank	Ranked 7th
Population  (2013)
• Total	5,599
• Rank	Ranked 7th
• Density	15/km2 (38/sq mi)

Shushi Province (Armenian: Շուշիի շրջան) was a province of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh. The province had 7 communities of which 1 is considered urban and 6 are rural. The town of Shushi (Shushi) and Karin Tak came under control of Azerbaijan after the 2020 Battle of Shusha.^[1][2]

Sites of interest[edit]

• 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 Armenian military who were held in Shushi during the First Artsakh
• Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, 1868–1887
• The Shushi Tank Memorial
• The church of Kanach Zham (Կանաչ Ժամ եկեղեցի), 1847^[3]

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  The Shushi tank memorial
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  Ghazanchetsots Cathedral

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• History of Shushi

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