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Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh / Places We Go

Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Justin • 3 Comments

On the north side of Stepanakert is the statue, pictured below, which has become the unofficial symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh (it was even on my visa)… This creation by the sculptor Sargis Baghdasarian in Soviet times, is called We are our mountains. Supposedly looking like an elderly couple with peaked skulls, the statue is intended to … Continue reading →

Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh / Places We Go

Shushi, Nagorno-Karabakh

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Justin • 4 Comments

I can honestly say that I have never visited a town like Shushi before… By the way, Shusha is the Azeri name for this town whose majority population for most of the past century (until the most recent war) was actually Azeri; it is the Armenians that call it Shushi. The town used to possess … Continue reading →

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