Actress Barat Habib kizi Shekinskaya was born on June 28 (15), 1914 in the city of Shusha in a noble family. However, in the book of Azerbaijani journalist Ilham Rahimli “Barat Shekinskaya” (2005) her date of birth is indicated as June 28, 1915.

The mausoleum is located in the village of Papravand in Aghdam district of Azerbaijan.

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. 

The singer – khanendeh Abulfat Asad oghlu Aliyev was born on December 30, 1926 in the city of Shusha.

Qarabag.com presents material about one of the ancient architectural monuments of Karabakh – Mirali Mausoleum.

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 Corridor, runs from here. Military and household supplies have been transported through the corridor for 28 years.

Qarabag.com presents a material about one of the founders of the Azerbaijani national sculpture school, a native of Shusha – Jalal Garyaghdi.

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.