Nagorno-Karabakh
A group of workers rests during the lunch break inside a ruined building in the city of Shushi. Before the Nagorno-Karabakh War the city was the main cultural center of Karabakh, also known as “Paris of the Caucasus”. With more than three quarters of the buildings being destroyed during the war, the city has begun the reconstruction of historical buildings with a special architectural and historical value. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
A wall of the Natavan Castle (XIXth century) in the city of Shushi. Natavan Castle was named after the Azerbaidjani poetess Khan Gizi Hurshid Banu Natavan (1830-1897). Before the Nagorno-Karabakh War the city was the main cultural center of Karabakh, also known as “Paris of the Caucasus”. With more than three quarters of the buildings being destroyed during the war, the city has begun the reconstruction of historical buildings with a special architectural and historical value. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
A fragment of the Natavan Castle wall (XIXth century) in the city of Shushi. Natavan Castle was named after the Azerbaidjani poetess Khan Gizi Hurshid Banu Natavan (1830-1897). Before the Nagorno-Karabakh War the city was the main cultural center of Karabakh, also known as “Paris of the Caucasus”. With more than three quarters of the buildings being destroyed during the war, the city has begun the reconstruction of historical buildings with a special architectural and historical value. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
A partly restored Shia Mosque in the town of Shushi. Before the Nagorno-Karabakh War the city was the main cultural center of Karabakh, also known as “Paris of the Caucasus”. With more than three quarters of the buildings being destroyed during the war, the city has begun the reconstruction of historical buildings with a special architectural and historical value. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 20 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
A girl plays on the statue depicting Vazgen Sarkissian in downtown Shushi. Vazgen Sarkissian is considered a national hero of Armenia and it was one of the founders of the Armenian Army, creating in 1992 the special battalion “Mahaparts”. He was the first Defense Minister and prime minister of the Armenian Republic between 11th of June 1999 and 27th of October 1999, when he was killed during the crimes in the Armenian Parliament. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 20 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
People walk on a street in the city of Shushi. The city is considered the second largest in Nagorno-Karabakh after the capital of Stepanakert, as size and population density. Before the Nagorno-Karabakh War it was the main cultural center. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
A man works at rebuilding a ruined house in the city of Shushi. The city is considered the second largest in Nagorno-Karabakh after the capital of Stepanakert, as size and population density. Before the Nagorno-Karabakh War it was the main cultural center. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
A man walks by an apartment block in the city of Shushi. The city is considered the second largest in Nagorno-Karabakh after the capital of Stepanakert, as size and population density. Before the Nagorno-Karabakh War it was the main cultural center. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
A girl passes near a building in a state of reconstruction in the city of Shushi. With more than three quarters of the buildings being destroyed during the war, the city has begun the reconstruction of historical buildings with a special architectural and historical value. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 September 2008.
Nagorno-Karabakh
A boy walks in front of a ruined communist apartment block in the city of Shushi. The city is considered the second largest in Nagorno-Karabakh after the capital of Stepanakert, as size and population density. Before the Nagorno-Karabakh War it was the main cultural center. Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 September 2008.