In 1897, the Russian writer Vasily Sidorov published memoirs of his journey to the Caucasus. The book gives interesting facts about the Azerbaijani city of Shusha. Qarabag.com has prepared material about Sidorov’s description of beauty of the city and life of the people in Shusha.
On May 18, 1992, Armenian armed formations occupied the Lachin district of Azerbaijan, which does not belong to the territory of the Nagorno-Karabakh, and burned the city. The occupation of the area was of a strategic nature for the Armenians since the shortest road connecting Armenia with Nagorno-Karabakh, the Lachin
Qarabag.com presents a reference information on demographic data of Gubadly (Kubatlu) (city, district) from 1907 to 1989. In compiling the material official Russian and Soviet sources were used.
Qarabag.com prepared a material about Azerbaijani folklore singer, mugham performer, a native of Shusha Bulbuljan. Khanende had a great influence on the Azerbaijani mugham school.
Qarabag.com presents material about two architectural monuments from the time of the Safavid state (1501-1722), which are located in the village of Karghabazar in the Fizuli region of Azerbaijan.
After execution the mass genocide of Azerbaijanis in the Baku province (March-April 1918) by Baku Council of People's Commissars, headed by the Bolshevik Stepan Shahumyan and the Dashnak armed forces, the Baku Council, together with the Karabakh Armenians, was going to attack Ganja and generally establish Soviet power on the
Azerbaijani folk musician, tar player Sadigjan (Mirza Sadig Asad oghlu) was born in 1846, in the city of Shusha, in a poor family. However, in the “Music Encyclopedia'' of 1978, the date of his birth is indicated as 1842.