Martuni, Nagorno-Karabakh
Martuni or Khojavend is a town in Khojavend District of Azerbaijan, in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh. After the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, it came under the de facto control of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh as the centre of its Martuni Province. The town returned to Azerbaijan's control after the 2023 Nagorno-Karabakh offensive.
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Church of St. Nerses the Great in Martuni, opened in 2004
A street in Martuni
A memorial in Martuni
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
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 ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan with support from Turkey. As the war progressed, Armenia and Azerbaijan, both former Soviet republics, entangled themselves in protracted, undeclared mountain warfare in the mountainous heights of Karabakh as Azerbaijan attempted to curb the secessionist movement in Nagorno-Karabakh.
Clockwise from top: 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
