Stepanakert, or Khankendi, is a city in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan. The city was under the control and the capital city of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh prior to the 2023 Azerbaijan
From top left: Holy Mother of God Cathedral Renaissance Square • Downtown Stepanakert Stepanakert Airport • Stepanakert skyline Park Hotel Artsakh • We Are Our Mountains Artsakh University • Stepanakert Memorial
Renaissance Square (2016)
Freedom Fighters' Boulevard in central Stepanakert (2017)
A T-72 tank memorial from the First 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
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