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Shusha
Shusha
(; ), or
Shushi
, is a city in the disputed region of
Nagorno-Karabakh
in the
South Caucasus
. It has been under the control of the self-proclaimed
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
since
its capture
in 1992 during the
Nagorno-Karabakh War
. However, it is a
de jure
part of the
Republic of Azerbaijan
, with the status of an
administrative division
of the surrounding
Shusha Rayon
. Situated at an altitude of 1,400–1,800 metres (4,600–5,900 ft) in the picturesque Karabakh mountains, Shusha was a popular mountain recreation resort in the
Soviet era
.
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