Shusha District

The Shusha District (Azerbaijani: Şuşa rayonu) is a administrative entity within Azerbaijan. It surrounds the city of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh. All of the district was occupied by the Armenian forces during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. Parts of the district, including its capital city, Shusha, was recaptured by Azerbaijan in November 2020 following a three-day battle.

For the administrative province at the south-eastern part of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, see Shushi Province

Shusha District
District
Fortress city of Shusha
Coat of arms
Map of Azerbaijan showing Shusha District
Country	Azerbaijan
Region	Upper Karabakh
Capital	Shusha
Area [1]
• Total	290 km^2 (110 sq mi)
Population  (2009)[1]
• Total	28,300
Telephone code	(+994) 26[2]
Website	http://www.shusha-ih.gov.az

Notable residents

• Mir Mohsun Navvab, artist and poet
• Khurshidbanu Natavan, poet
• Sadigjan, musician, inventor of the Azeri variety of tar
• Gasim bey Zakir, poet
• Khudadat bey Malik-Aslanov, scientist and politician
• Najaf bey Vazirov, playwright and journalist
• Bulbul, folk and opera singer
• Bulbuljan, folk singer
• Abdurrahim Hagverdiyev, dramatist
• Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli (12 September 1887 to 3 January 1943 in the GULAG, near Gorky, Russia), core author of the novel Ali and Nino, published under the pseudonym Kurban Said
• Karim bey Mehmandarov, doctor and social activist
• Khan Shushinski, folk singer
• Shamsi Badalbeyli, theatre director and actor
• Suleyman Sani Akhundov, Azerbaijani playwright, journalist, children's author, and teacher (3 October 1875, Shusha – 29 March 1939, Baku)
• Ahmad Agdamski, Azerbaijani opera singer, mugam singer and actor (5 January 1884, Shusha – 1 April 1954 Agdash)
• Soltan Hajibeyov, Azerbaijani composer and People's Artist of the USSR (5 May 1919 Shusha – 19 September 1974 Baku)
• Uzeyir Hajibeyov (1885–1948), founder of Azerbaijani composed music
• Jabbar Garyagdioglu, Azerbaijani folk singer (khananda) (31 March 1861 Shusha – 20 April 1944 Baku)
• Seyid Shushinski, Azerbaijani folk singer (khananda) (12 April 1889, Horadiz – 1 November 1965, Baku)
• Mir Hasan Vazirov, Azerbaijani revolutioner and one of the 26 Baku Commissars
• Latif Karimov, Azerbaijani carpet designer known for his contributions to a variety of artistic fields.(17 November 1906, Shusha – 1991, Baku)
• Molla Panah Vagif, Poet the minister of foreign affairs in the Karabakh Khanate
• Mehdigulu Khan Vefa, lyrical poet of Azerbaijan, lieutenant colonel in the Russian Army, son of a famous Karabakh poet Khurshidbanu Natavan (1855 Shusha – 1900 1900 Tiflis)

References

1. "Şuşa rayonu".
2. "Şəhərlərarası telefon kodları". Aztelekom MMC. gharabaghtelekom İB. Retrieved 19 August 2015. (in Azerbaijani)