Shusha District (NKAO)

Shusha District (Azerbaijani: Şuşa rayonu, Шуша рајону; Armenian: Շուշիի շրջան) was an administrative unit within the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[1]

Shusha District
District
Map of Shusha District within NKAO
Map of Shusha District within NKAO
Autonomous regionAzerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Country Azerbaijan SSR
Established8 August 1930
Abolished26 November 1991
CapitalShusha
Population
 (1979)
 • Total16,019

History

The district was formed on 8 August 1930. Its capital was the city of Shusha.[2] Shusha district was the only district in Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast where Azerbaijanis formed a majority.

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was abolished on 26 November 1991.[3]

Following the First Nagorno-Karabakh war, all of the district came under the control of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh and was incorporated into its Shushi Province. However, following the Battle of Shusha during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, Azerbaijan recaptured the city of Shusha and several surrounding villages.[4]

Demographics
Year Population Ethnic groups Source
1939 10,819 58.3% Azerbaijanis, 38.6% Armenians, 2.4% Russians Soviet Census[5]
1959 10,626 61.8% Azerbaijanis, 35.7% Armenians, 1.9% Russians Soviet Census[5]
1970 13,664 72.4% Azerbaijanis, 26.2% Armenians, 1.0% Russians Soviet Census[5]
1979 16,019 80.9% Azerbaijanis, 18.0% Armenians, 0.7% Russians Soviet Census[5]

References
  1. "Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область" [Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast]. Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). 1967.
  2. Мельников С. А., Ибрагимов Ч. Г (1979). Азербайджанская ССР. Административно-территориальное деление на 1 января 1977 года. Baku: Азернешр. pp. 7–11.
  3. "Azərbaycan Respublikasının Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayətini ləğv etmək haqqında AZƏRBAYCAN RESPUBLİKASININ QANUNU" [Law of Azerbaijan Republic on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan Republic]. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  4. Ghazanchyan, Siranush (11 November 2020). "Statement on ending the war in Karabakh not a political document on conflict settlement – Armenian PM". Public Radio of Armenia. Archived from the original on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  5. "НАСЕЛЕНИЕ НАГОРНОГО КАРАБАХА". ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru (in Russian). Etno Kavkaz.
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