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The history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Lachin

On December 1, 2020, under the terms of the Trilateral Ceasefire Declaration signed on November 10, 2020 between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, Lachin district (including the city of Lachin) was returned to Azerbaijan. Lachin is the last Azerbaijani city liberated from the Armenian occupation. Qarabag.com has prepared material on the history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Lachin from the beginning of the XIX century to the present.

The history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Kalbajar

On November 25, 2020, under the terms of the Trilateral Ceasefire Declaration signed on November 10, 2020 between Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia, Kalbajar district (including the city of Kalbajar) was returned to Azerbaijan. Qarabag.com has prepared a material on the history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Kalbajar from the beginning of the XIX century to the present.

Garakand tragedy

On November 20, 1991, Azerbaijani Mi-8 helicopter was shot down by Armenian armed formations near the village of Garakand in the Khojavend district. As a result of the Garakand tragedy, negotiations between Azerbaijan and Armenia on the peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, mediated by the Presidents of Russia and Kazakhstan, broke down.  After the tragedy near the village of Garakand, the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict escalated into a full-scale war.  Qarabag.com has presented a brief chronicle of the events that took place in Azerbaijan 30 years ago.  Russian and Soviet archival newspapers such as “Novoe Russkoe Slovo”, “Izvestia”, “Pravda”, “Bakinskiy rabochiy”, “Komsomolskaya Pravda” were used in the compilation of the material.

The history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Aghdam

On November 20, 2020, under the terms of the Trilateral Ceasefire Declaration signed on November 10, 2020 between the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan and the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, the Aghdam district (including the city of Aghdam) was returned to the Republic of Azerbaijan.  Aghdam is the first city that was liberated from the Armenian occupation not during the hostilities. Qarabag.com has prepared the material on the history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Aghdam from the time of the Karabakh Khanate to the present.

The history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Shusha

On November 8, 2020, during the Second Karabakh War (September 27, 2020 – November 10, 2020), the Azerbaijani army liberated the city of Shusha from the Armenian occupation. On May 7, 2021, the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed an order declaring Shusha the cultural capital of Azerbaijan. Qarabag.com has prepared material on the history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Shusha from the time of the founding of the Karabakh Khanate to the present.

The history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Qubadli

On October 25, 2020, during the Second Karabakh War (September 27, 2020 – November 10, 2020), as a result of hostilities, the Azerbaijani army liberated from the Armenian occupation and regained control over the city of Qubadli. On December 23, 2020, Ilham Aliyev, the president of the Republic of Azerbaijan, visited the city and raised the flag of Azerbaijan there. Qarabag.com has prepared material on the history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Qubadli from the beginning of the XIX century to the present.

The history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Zangilan

On October 20, 2020, during the Second Karabakh War (September 27, 2020 – November 10, 2020) the city of Zangilan was liberated from the Armenian occupation. This is the third city on the territory of Karabakh which was liberated from the occupation by the Azerbaijani army. Qarabag.com has prepared material on the history of the administrative and territorial division of the city of Zangilan from the beginning of the XIX century to the present.

The history of the administrative division of the city of Fuzuli

On October 17, 2020, during the Second Karabakh War (September 27, 2020 – November 10, 2020) the Azerbaijani army liberated the city of Fuzuli from the Armenian occupation. This Azerbaijani city became the second to be liberated from the occupation after Jabrayil. Qarabag.com has prepared the material on the history of the administrative division of the city of Fuzuli from the XIX century to the present.