Aghdam
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Aghdam is a town and the nominal capital of the Aghdam District of Azerbaijan. Founded in the 18th century, it was granted city status in 1828 and grew considerably during the Soviet period. Aghdam li
From top left: Shahbulag Castle Shahbulag Mosque Imarat cemetery Aghdam Mosque Bread Museum Panah Ali Khan's Palace Ruins of Agdam
Aghdam Mosque on an Azerbaijani stamp, depicted as it looked before the Karabakh war
Panoramic view of ruins of Aghdam
Residential buildings under construction in the city of Ağdam
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
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The First Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994 in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan between the majority
Aghdam
…Soviet period. Aghdam lies 26 km (16 miles) from Khankendi at the eastern foot of the Karabakh Range, on the outskirts of the Karabakh plain. Before the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, butter, wine and brandy, machine, and silk factories, and an airport and two railway stations functioned there. By 1989, Aghdam had 28,031 inhabitants…
Clockwise from top left: Remnants of Azerbaijani APCs; internally displaced Azerbaijanis from the Armenian-occupied territories; Armenian T-72 tank memorial at the outskirts of Stepanakert; Armenian soldiers
Azerbaijani soldiers during the war, 1992
The road leading up to Shusha was the scene of a battle between Armenian and Azerbaijani armored vehicles.
A derelict BRDM-2 in Dashalty