Cemetery
Location: Shusha city, Shusha
Condition Assessment
Status: Indeterminate
Located in Shusha city, this cemetery is not included on the list of the heritage sites of the Republic of Azerbaijan, but it appears on the list of heritage sites of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (inventory No. 107) as a Persian cemetery/Shah Qajar's Cemetery dating to the 18 th -19 th centuries.
Comparison of Hexagon satellite imagery dated August 1980 1 with satellite imagery captured in September 2002 2 shows that no major change took place in the area of the cemetery during this period. There are no signs of earth moving, construction activity, or other disturbance in the area. However, the resolution of the available satellite coverage and lack of photographic and video evidence from the ground make it impossible to fully assess the condition of individual tombstones in the cemetery.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the cemetery in August 1980; 1 drag left to see the cemetery in September 2002. 2
Between 2002 and the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, the territory of the cemetery again appears to have remained intact, but a full assessment of the tombstones is not possible without photographic evidence.
Drag the swipe tool right to see the cemetery in September 2002; 2 drag left to see the cemetery in September 2021. 3
Geolocation
CHW geolocated the cemetery based on locational information provided in the list of heritage sites of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.
References
1 KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-200431F031, August 11, 1980.
2 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, September 27, 2002.
3 Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, September 10, 2021.
