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.
Shusha city square in 2014.
Protests in front of the Yerevan Opera Theatre on 18 November.
Celebrations in Baku, Azerbaijan on 8 November.
A Russian Iskander missile test launching in Kapustin Yar, 2018.
The Azerbaijani Armed Forces is the military of the Republic of Azerbaijan. It was re-established according to the country's Law of the Armed Forces on 9 October 1991. The original Azerbaijan Democratic Republic's armed forces were dissolved after Azerbaijan was absorbed into the Soviet Union as the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 28 April 1920. After the Soviet Union dissolved in 1991–92, Azerbaijan's armed forces were reformed based on Soviet bases and equipment left on Azerbaijani soil.
Officers of the army of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic in 1918
Cadets of the Baku Higher All-Arms Command School during a parade in Baku in 1960
A Guard of Honor during a parade in Baku in 1966
Azerbaijan has a dozen 300mm salvo rocket systems 9A52 "Smerch" with a range of 70-90 km (55.92 mi).
