Şuşakənd

Shushekend / Shosh
Shushekend / Shosh
Coordinates: 39°46′12″N 46°47′05″E / 39.77000°N 46.78472°E / 39.77000; 46.78472Coordinates: 39°46′12″N 46°47′05″E / 39.77000°N 46.78472°E / 39.77000; 46.78472
de jure Country  Azerbaijan
de jure Rayon Khojali
de facto Country  Artsakh
de facto Province Askeran
Time zone UTC+4

Shushekend (Azerbaijani: Şuşakənd Shushekend, Shushikend, also Şuşikənd; Armenian: Շոշ Shosh) is a village internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan (Khojali Rayon), but currently controlled by the de facto independent unrecognized Republic of Artsakh (Askeran Region). There are two Armenian churches in the village, one in the village center, and S. Stepanos of 1655 CE in the cemetery.[1] Above the village on a rise in the north is a third church with adjacent cemetery and khachkars.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Mkrtchyan, Shahen. Historical-Architectural Monuments of Nagorno Karabagh. Yerevan, 1989. (Շահեն Մկրտչյան, «Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի պատմաճարտարապետական հուշարձանները»)
  2. ↑ Mkrtchyan, Shahen. Historical-Architectural Monuments of Nagorno Karabagh. Yerevan, 1989. (Շահեն Մկրտչյան, «Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի պատմաճարտարապետական հուշարձանները»)


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