[62] Aliyev also announced that the Azerbaijani forces had seized control of several villages to the south and east of the city, including Chanakchi, Signag, Shushakend, and Dashalty. It is de jure part of the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, although it had been controlled by the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh since the end of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War in 1994, as part of its Shushi Province. "[222], On 3 December 2020, Deputy Head of the Shushi Province, Samvel Harutyunyan, stated that about 4,500 Armenians were displaced from Shusha. [245] On 12 November, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Internal Affairs stated that it had moved the Shusha police department, which was previously located in Tartar District, into Shusha,[249] while the organizers of the Turkvision Song Contest stated that they were exploring the possibility of holding the contest's 2021 version in Shusha,[250] and in January 2021, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Culture started preparatory activities on the Khari Bulbul Festival and Days of the Poetry of Vagif. [292] Amin Musayev,[293] and several other Azerbaijani POWs had stated that they were tortured by their Armenian captors until being transferred back to Azerbaijan. [212] On 29 January, a journalist protested Pashinyan's statement in front of the building of the Armenian government. Therefore, direct attack by was not a viable option for Dalibaltayan. - Populyar komandirlə bağlı ilginc xəbər", "Azan oxuyanda məni ağlamaq tutdu, amma özümü zorla ələ aldım..." - Şuşaya bayraq sancıb azan oxuyan hərbçimiz", "Legendary liberator of Shushi Seyran Ohanyan during these days has become legendary defender of Shushi: MOD representative", "Artsakh President gives special thanks to Seyran Ohanyan for defense of Shushi", "Аргишти Кярамян ответил на деликатные вопросы: что он делал в Шуши до последнего", "Сейран Оганян заявил, что не руководил операцией по обороне Шуши", "Արցախում զոհվել է ՊԲ փոխհրամանատար, գնդապետ Հովհաննես Սարգսյանը", "Mediaport: За несколько часов до проникновения диверсионной группы Азербайджана в Шуши Аргишти Кярамян покинул город", "Аргишти Кярамян рассказал о поведении Ванецяна и его соратников перед штурмом Шуши", "Qarabağın qəlbi necə azad olundu: 300 spartalının əfsanəsi gerçək oldu Şuşada", "Şuşanın azad edilməsində iştirak edən xüsusi təyinatlılar Naxçıvana qayıdır - VİDEO", "Naxçıvan Xüsusi Təyinatlıları Qələbə paradına hazırlaşır", "Daxili Qoşunların Şuşada şəhid olan baş çavuşu - FOTO", "Дуэль Ванецяна и Кярамяна - стреляют друг в друга, попадают в Армению", "В карабахской войне погибли 65 сотрудников полиции, порядка 200 получили ранения", "Azerbaijan says 2,783 soldiers killed in Nagorno-Karabakh clashes", "Դավիթ Բաբայանը հայտնում է՝ Շուշիի ուղղությամբ վտանգն այս պահի դրությամբ չեզոքացվել է", "Пашинян заявил, что наличие погибших опровергает версию сдачи Шуши", "Тела 150 армянских солдат вывезены из окрестностей Шуши", "Շուշիի մոտ փրկվել է վիրավոր ոստիկան, որը վեց օրից ավելի թաքնվել էր անտառում․ Արտակ Բեգլարյան", "Операция в Шуше завершена: "Чтобы гореть в аду" — 800 трупов армянских солдат", "Карабах завален тысячами трупов: жуткая правда о бойне в НКР от армии России (ФОТО)", "Около 4500 человек вынуждены были покинуть город Шуши, 650 человек – Карин Так", "Շուշիի կորուստը նման է Մասիս լեռան կորստին, բայց մենք հնարավորություն ունենք այն "Իսկանդերի" նման մի բան դարձնել", "Հսկայ խզումների ժամանակը եւ Շուշիի մշակութային կորուստը", "Şuşanın azad edilməsi müharibənin və danışıqların taleyinə necə təsir edəcək? Qarabağdan olanlar toxunmadı", "Armenians displaced from Nagorno-Karabakh fear their medieval churches will be destroyed", "Azerbaijan delays takeover, denounces fleeing Armenians", "Nagorno-Karabakh: Christian sites 'not in danger of destruction,' says Azerbaijan minister", "Anar Kərimov: "Qarabağdakı xristian mədəni və dini abidələr bizə əcdadlarımızdan qalıb və onları qoruyuruq, "Culture Minister: "Gazanchi church in Shusha will also be restored, "Mosque and fountain in Mamay district of Shusha were vandalized by Armenians - PHOTO", "Azerbaijan announces capture of Karabakh's second-largest city, Armenia denies it", "Revealed: how UK technology fuelled Turkey's rise to global drone power", "A military breakdown of the Azerbaijan–Armenia conflict", "Şuşa zaferinin kutlandığı Azerbaycan'da gündem Selçuk Bayraktar! [209] Putin added that Pashinyan rejected this offer, which Pashinyan confirmed later on. jeux en bois de construction et d'imagination des créateurs russes de shusha toys Dubbed "flying telephone poles" due to their long, shaped charges, the missiles caused devastating damage to buildings including the destruction of residential houses, schools, the city's silk factory, and its maternity hospital. [143] On 30 October, Artsakh authorities had accused the Azerbaijani military of using phosphorus to burn forests near Shusha;[144] Azerbaijan issued a denial. All military factors were in favor of the Azerbaijani Army. ... ′′ There is a road to Shusha. [150] Also, the Azerbaijani forces had destroyed a strategic bridge over the Hakari River, which allowed Armenia to move supplies and additional soldiers to the city, further breaking the supply lines crucial to the Armenian forces. "[301][302] On 14 January 2021, in an interview with Azeri Press Agency, Karimov said that the Christian monuments, including the Ghazanchetsots Cathedral, would be restored by the government. [35][45] Until the middle of the 19th century, the city was considered the cultural and political centre of the regional Azerbaijani population,[46][47][48] as well as one of the two main cities of the Transcaucasus for Armenians and the center of a self-governing Armenian principality from medieval times through the 1750s. [238][239] In this regard, flags were lowered across the country, and traffic halted, while the ships moored in the Bay of Baku, as well as cars honked their horns. The battle is considered one of the bloodiest battles of the war. With the loss of Khojaly, Azerbaijani commanders concentrated the rest of their firepower upon Stepanakert, which Shusha overlooked.[15]. The military order of Shusha seizure was signed on May 4, 1992 with the following details: 1. [31], Armenia had not commented on its military casualties from the battle before the trilateral agreement. Made using OpenTopoMap data. Once the region's Communist Party headquarters and largest city with a population of 70,000, the fighting and shelling had driven away nearly 20,000 of Stepanakert's residents and forced the remainder to live underground in basements. At the battle-scarred Ghazanchetsots Cathedral they found that the Azerbaijanis had converted it into a storage area for the GRAD ammunition. [325], Media related to Battle of Şuşa (2020) at Wikimedia Commons, The Azerbaijani special forces were led by, Some of the Azerbaijani servicemen who took part in the battle during a, Although the Armenian and Artsakh military authorities credited. Demirel however decided not to heed their calls partly because the commander of the CIS forces based in Caucasus, Yevgeny Shaposhnikov had warned that such an incursion would lead to "the verge of a third world war, and that cannot be allowed. By then, the enclave had declared its independence and set up an unrecognised government. [70][71][72], Azerbaijan's victory in Shusha was widely celebrated in Azerbaijani society and its diaspora. [77] A military award was created for those who took part in the battle. by Patrick Wilson Gore, iUniverse 2008. Armen Sarkisyan: "Azərbaycan bütün hərbi əsirləri qaytarsaydı... "Azerbaijan liberates Karabakh's second-largest city occupied by Armenia", "В Карабахе сообщили о восьми ракетных ударах Азербайджана по Степанакерту", "Nagorno-Karabakh: Azerbaijan 'takes key town' in Armenia conflict", "Armenia reports battles around strategic city in Nagorno-Karabakh", "Şuşanın azad olunmasını Prezidentə məruzə edən zabit", "Azerbaijani Army liberates 23 more villages from occupation", "Victorious Azerbaijani Army liberated 48 more villages, 1 settlement and 8 strategic hills from occupation", "Tehran Mənsimov hansı əmrə tabe olmayıb? Since that road wasn't opened, there were complex, heated fights going on. [13], In February 1988, Nagorno-Karabakh had been an autonomous oblast for over sixty years inside the borders of the Azerbaijan SSR. Coordinates: .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}39°45.5′N 46°44.9′E / 39.7583°N 46.7483°E / 39.7583; 46.7483. Armed Forces of Armenia, The Battle of Shusha[d] (Azerbaijani: Şuşa döyüşü or Şuşa uğrunda döyüş; Armenian: Շուշիի ճակատամարտ, romanized: Shushii chakatamart)[40][41] was a battle fought between the armed forces of Azerbaijan and the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, militarily supported by Armenia, over the control of the city of Shusha, during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war. After the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, the Armenians and the Azerbaijanis vied to take control of Nagorno Karabakh and the fighting had escalated into full-scale warfare by early 1992. De son côté, Arménie a démenti les affirmations du président Aliev. The festivities included a military parade in Renaissance Square in Stepanakert and a cross-country marathon organized by the Armenian Revolutionary Federation's youth wing that began from Armenia and ended in Shusha during the run up to May 9. The battle was preceded by the controversial capture of the town and the location of Karabakh's only airport in Khojaly by Armenians in February 1992. Shusha was the most important military stronghold that Azerbaijan held in Nagorno-Karabakh – its loss marked a turning point in the war, and led to a series of military victories by Armenian forces in the course of the conflict. [60][165] In addition to artillery support,[59] a group blocked the Lachin corridor to prevent the Armenian forces from bringing additional support to the city, while another group, after capturing Dashalty, provided fire support. ", "Ethnic Armenians confirm loss of Shusha to Azeri forces", "Russian peacekeepers deploy to Nagorno-Karabakh after ceasefire deal", "Armenia, Azerbaijan exchange troops' bodies after ceasefire", "Corpses and burnt-out cars line Karabakh road as Russian troops deploy", "Colonel-General Seyran Ohanyan wounded in Shusha", "Son of ex-Armenian defense minister wounded in Karabakh battles", "Armenia MOD: Ex-minister Seyran Ohanyan is not wounded in Artsakh", "Armenia, Azerbaijan Trade Fresh Accusations of Karabakh Shelling", "Şuşada şəhid olan 6 hərbçimizin nəşi təhvil alındı", "Losing the battle? [164], The Azerbaijani forces entered the city on 6 November. [253], On 5 January 2021, Shusha was declared the cultural capital of Azerbaijan,[254] while the Director General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), Salim Al-Malik, proposed to declare the city as the cultural capital of the Muslim world,[255] and on 19 January, Secretary General of the Turkic Council, Baghdad Amreev, during a teleconference with President Aliyev, stated that Shusha will be declared the cultural capital of the Turkic world in 2022. [257] The next day, busts of Khurshidbanu Natavan, Uzeyir Hajibeyov and Bulbul, which were kept in the yard of the National Art Museum in Baku since the Armenian forces captured Shusha in 1992, were returned to the city, while Aliyev hoisted the Azerbaijani flag in the city centre. [156] The Russian media reported that the Azerbaijani forces had managed to surround the city from three sides–the south, west, and east. Subsequently in 1923, under the Soviet rule, the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was created, and Shusha was the only large settlement with an Azerbaijani majority to be incorporated into the oblast. [137] On 30 October, clashes were reported to have erupted near Shusha,[138] especially Dashalty. [290] On 5 December, the family of Musayev was informed of his condition through ICRC. 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[300] Also, on 1 December, Azerbaijan's First Deputy Minister of Culture, Acting Minister Anar Karimov, told France 24 that Christian cultural heritage of Karabakh would be protected by the government. [151] This was reiterated by the Azerbaijani president Ilham Aliyev later on, who stated that the Azerbaijani forces had crossed the ravines, forests and mountains to reach the city. ", "Арам Саркисян: "Синдром проигравшего не позволяет руководству Армении вести мало-мальски выгодные для Еревана переговоры, "Микаэл Минасян: Заявление Пашиняна о том, что Шуши азербайджанский город – следствие невежества", "Зограбян: А два года назад Пашинян считал Шуши цитаделью армянского достоинства", "Кочарян прокомментировал скандальное заявление Пашиняна об "азербайджанском" Шуши и провел параллели с Ереваном", "Заруи Постанджян: В НС с него должны были снять штаны и надавать несколько ударов розгами по одному месту", "Бывший мэр Шуши шокирован заявлением Пашиняна о 90% азербайджанского населения города", "Шуши – азербайджанский город? La ville de SHUSHA est libérée Le Président de la République d’Azerbaïdjan, Ilham Aliyev, vient d’annoncer la libération de la ville de Shusha après presque 30 ans d’occupation militaire arménienne. [28] By the evening of May 8, Armenian forces destroyed three of the GRAD launchers and captured the remainder of the battery. The Armenian Ministry of Defence had asked Azerbaijanis to transfer these corpses to the Armenian side. May 9 is now celebrated in Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic as "The Day of the NKR’s Defence Army" and "The Day of Liberation of Shusha," respectively. Within several hours, the defenders were forced to retreat to the town's southernmost tip. Agha Mohammad Shah was later assassinated while preparing a second expedition against Georgia in 1797 in Shusha. ", "Azerbaijan claims to have captured key city in Nagorno-Karabakh", "Azerbaijani leader: Forces seize key Nagorno-Karabakh city", "Celebration without the borders: Azerbaijanis celebrated the capture of Shusha in Moscow", "Azərbaycanda Zəfər Gününün vaxtı dəyişdirilib", "İlham Əliyevin təklifi ilə yeni metrostansiya "8 noyabr" adlanacaq, Baş infeksionist Təyyar Eyvazov: "Epidemioloji vəziyyət pisləşməkdə davam edir, "Парламент Азербайджана утвердил в первом чтении законопроект об учреждении новых орденов и медалей Отечественной войны", "Shusha, more than just a city for Azerbaijanis", "Azerbaijan says has taken key Karabakh town of Shusha", "Stepanakert prepares for the last stand", "Shusha and Lacin: The two towns shaping the Armenia-Azerbaijani conflict", "The battle for Shusha Fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh has reached a turning point. [258][259] On 27 January, Aliyev appointed Aydin Karimov as his special representative in the city. ", "Şuşanın işğaldan azad olunması Qarabağın döyünən ürəyinin xilas edilməsi deməkdir", "Şuşa əməliyyatı: Ordumuzun inanılmaz manevri - Polkovnik", "President Ilham Aliyev: "Operation to liberate Shusha from occupation will have a special place in the world military history, "Dağlıq Qarabağ separatçıları və Paşinyan arasında fikir ixtilafı: nə baş verir? [323] In February 2021, the deputy chairman of MHP, Mevlüt Karakaya, met with the President Aliyev, the Minister of Education of Azerbaijan, Emin Amrullayev, and other officials to further discuss the initiative to construct a school of culture and art in the region. "[212] These statements created a resonance in the country, with political figures like Ara Abramyan,[213] Aram Sargsyan,[214] Mikayel Minasyan,[215] Naira Zohrabyan,[216] Robert Kocharyan,[217] and Zaruhi Postanjyan,[218] critising Pashinyan. Le dossier montre que le coup était presque sur […] [197][198] The Armenian army started to disintegrate[199] and two days after the battle, the Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, announced the signing of a ceasefire agreement with Azerbaijan. Planning for the military operation began under the auspices of Colonel-General Gurgen Dalibaltayan with guidance from Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan. [241] On 8 December, the Azerbaijani authorities announced that the new station in the Baku Metro will be named 8 November at the suggestion of the President Aliyev. [citation needed], Because of international pressure, Turkey was ostensibly restricted to providing economic support to Azerbaijan. Արծրուն Հովհաննիսյան", "Nagorno-Karabakh refugees are beginning to return home, but many are still displaced", "Azerbaijan says it seized Nagorno-Karabakh's 2nd-largest city", "Nagorno-Karabakh confirms Azerbaijani forces have taken control of key city and nearing region's capital", "Why is Shusha/Shushi so important for Azerbaijanis and Armenians? [42], Shusha (referred to by Armenians as Shushi) and the surrounding mountainous terrain, is one of the most strategically important locations in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region,[43][44] and is usually referred to as the "beating heart" of the region. La seconde guerre du Haut-Karabakh a opposé l'Arménie à l'Azerbaïdjan du 27 septembre au 10 novembre 2020 : 44 jours de conflit qui ont permis à l'Azerbaïdjan, soutenu par la Turquie, de reprendre le contrôle de territoires perdus en 1994 lors de la première guerre du Karabakh. Shusha has cultural significance for both sides.