Shusha (Azerbaijani: ?u?a; Armenian: ?????, romanized: Shushi) is a city and the centre of the Shusha District of Azerbaijan. Situated at an altitude of 1,400-1,800 metres (4,600-5,900 ft) in the Karabakh mountains (Qaraba?), Shusha was a mountain recreation resort in the Soviet era. - According to some sources the town of Shusha was founded in 1752 by Panah Ali Khan. From the mid-18th century to 1822 Shusha was the capital of the Karabakh ...
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