Shusha District is one of the 66 districts of Azerbaijan. It is located in the west of the country and belongs to the Karabakh Economic Region. The district borders the districts of Khojaly, Lachin, and Khojavend. Its capital and largest city is Shusha. As of 2020, the district had a nominal population of 34,700. Finally villages of Malıbəyli, Aşağı Quşçular and Yuxarı Quşçular were transferred to Khojaly District according to passing law in 5 December 2023.
The Karabakh carpet, or Artsakh carpet, is one of the varieties of carpets of Transcaucasia, made in the Karabakh region.
Ashaghy Gushchular is a village in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. Until 2023 it was controlled by the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.
Azerbaijani carpet is a traditional carpet (rug) made in Azerbaijan. The Azerbaijani carpet is a handmade textile of various sizes, with a dense texture and a pile or pile-less surface, whose patterns are characteristic of Azerbaijan's many carpet-making regions. Traditionally, the carpets were used in Azerbaijan to cover floors, decorate interior walls, sofas, chairs, beds and tables.
Azerbaijani art is the art created by Azerbaijanis, other people that currently live on the territory of Azerbaijan, or people that used to live on the territory of Azerbaijan. They have created rich and distinctive art, a major part of which is applied art items. This form of art rooted in antiquity, is represented by a wide range of handicrafts, such as chasing (metalworking), jewellery-making, engraving, carving wood, stone and bone, carpet-making, lacing, pattern weaving and printing, and knitting and embroidery. Each of these decorative arts is evidence of the culture and the abilities of the Azerbaijan nation, and are very popular there. Many interesting facts pertaining to the development of arts and crafts in Azerbaijan were reported by merchants, travellers and diplomats who visited these places at different times.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan is an Azerbaijani government ministry for internal affairs, which is responsible for keeping the order, security and safety of population, officials, buildings and structures in the country. The Minister of Internal Affairs of Azerbaijan is appointed and removed from the post by the Commander-in-chief of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, the President of Azerbaijan.
Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum is a museum located in Baku that displays Azerbaijani carpets and rugs with historical and modern weaving techniques and materials. It has the largest collection of Azerbaijani carpets in the world. First opened on Neftchiler Avenue in 1967, it moved to a new building on the Baku's seafront park in 2014.
Vagif Mausoleum is a mausoleum located in Shusha, Azerbaijan. It is built to honor Molla Panah Vagif, a poet, diplomat and vizier
Azerbaijan State Museum of History of Karabakh was a museum located in Shusha, Azerbaijan.
Shushi Carpet Museum is a museum in Shusha, Azerbaijan. It was founded by Vardan Astsatryan in 2011. The museum opened its doors to the public in 2013, when its location, Shusha, was under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh.
House-Museum of Bulbul is the Shusha branch of the Bulbul memorial museum in Baku, Azerbaijan, until 1992. It was previously in a ruined status but, has been recently restored.
Hikmat Izzat oghlu Mirzayev is an Azerbaijani military officer who serves as Deputy Minister of Defense and commander of the Azerbaijani Land Forces since 2024. He is a lieutenant general of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces and the former commander of the Special Forces from 2014 to 2024, and participated in the 2016 Nagorno–Karabakh clashes and the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, during which he led Azerbaijani forces in the 2020 battle of Shusha. He received the title of the Hero of the Patriotic War.
The Battle of Shusha was the final and decisive battle of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, 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. The battle is considered one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
The Victory Banner of Azerbaijan is the banner raised by the servicemen of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces over the building of the Shusha City Executive Power on 8 November 2020, after a three-day-long battle over the city. The Victory Banner is the official symbol of the Victory of the Azerbaijani people against separatists during 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
The Shusha Declaration, officially the Shusha Declaration on allied relations between the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Republic of Turkey, is a declaration on allied relations signed between Azerbaijan and Turkey on 15 June 2021.
The Khari Bulbul Music Festival is an international music festival held in Shusha and other cities of the Karabakh region. The festival was first held in 1989 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Azerbaijani khananda Seyid Shushinski, and it was held annually until 1992, when the city was captured during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. The festival was reinstated in Shusha, the cultural capital of Azerbaijan, on 12 May 2022, when Azerbaijan regained control over the city during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war.
Following the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, and in accordance with 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh ceasefire agreement, Republic of Azerbaijan re-established authority on the part of the territories, previously de facto controlled by the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, which allowed Azerbaijan to begin construction projects and rehabilitation in areas of the Karabakh, many of which had been practically leveled since Azerbaijan lost control of them in the 1990s.
The Gravestone of Mir Mohsun Navvab is a monumental memorial of a republican significance located in the city of Shusha and belonging to the Shusha State Architectural Reserve. In 1960, reconstruction works were carried out on the grave of Mir Mohsun Navvab through the means of UNESCO. The tombstone was registered as a historical and cultural monument of the country significance by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan. After the occupation of the city of Shusha in 1992, it was destroyed by the Armenian armed forces.
Shusha State Art Gallery is the gallery operated in Shusha from 1982 to 1992. It has been operating in Baku since 1992. After the capture of the city, the exhibits of the museum were looted, and the building itself was neglected for a while.
"Khan gizi" spring is a spring located next to Khan's daughter Natevan's palace in the Çöl Qala neighborhood of Shusha. The spring was built in the 19th century by the order of Khurshidbanu Natavan.
