Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, was a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Betwe
The town of Chartar in 2010
General view of the capital Stepanakert in 2015
Wall with images of fallen Armenian soldiers during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War
The National Assembly of Artsakh in Stepanakert
Nagorno-Karabakh is a region located within the territory of present-day Azerbaijan, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of Karabakh, it
Republic of Artsakh
…3.1 mi) Lachin corridor, which was placed under the supervision of Russian peacekeeping forces. The predominantly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh was claimed by both the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia when both countries became independent in 1918 after the fall…
June 2001 NASA photograph of the snow-covered Lesser Caucasus to the south of the Greater Caucasus. Around the year 1800, the Karabakh Khanate was based in the southeast corner of the Lesser Caucasus. It extended east into the lowlands, hence the name Nagorno- or "Highland-" Karabakh for the western part.
The Amaras Monastery, founded in the 4th century by St Gregory the Illuminator. In the 5th century, Mesrop Mashtots, inventor of the Armenian alphabet, established at Amaras the first school to use his script.
The monastery at Gandzasar was commissioned by the House of Khachen and completed in 1238
The Shusha fortress, built by the Karabakh Khanate ruler Panah Ali Khan in the 18th century