Shusha: magnificent city under Armenian hostage for 24 years

husha -- your mountain peaks are in fog. For them I will lay down my life and will not regret it!...” says the famous Azerbaijani music.

Could famous singer and author of this song Khan Shushinski, ever think that Shusha, the heart of beautiful Karabakh, would really be covered by fog of grief and tears?!

24 years passed since Shusha, an ancient town and the cradle of Azerbaijani music culture, fell victim to the Armenian aggression. The occupation day of Shusha is a huge blow to the consciousness of the Azerbaijani people, great sorrow for the whole nation.

Shusha is considered the most beautiful corner of Karabakh, an integral part of Azerbaijan occupied by Armenia. Its every grain of sand and every stone is a witness to grand historical events. Nobody remained indifferent to its beauty and nobility.

On May 8, 1992, some 290 square kilometers of Azerbaijan's territory went to the control of the Armenian invaders. Armenian armed forces seized Shusha with the aid of the Soviet 366th regiment, killing and disabling hundreds of innocent Azerbaijani civilians, expelling the entire population of the town, and destroying, burning down and looting numerous cultural, religious and historical monuments.

As a result of the occupation of Shusha, 195 civilians were killed, 165 others wounded, 22,000 displaced and 68 taken hostage by the Armenians. Their fate is unknown to this day.

With the occupation of Shusha, the Armenian invaders completed the occupation of NagornoKarabakh and took the Azerbaijani region under full control.

Now, nothing has left from ageold Azerbaijani Shusha, which once was one of the most ancient centers of culture and art in the East.

The natural resources of the region