Mausoleum

Location: Shusha city, Shusha

Condition Assessment

Status: Unchanged

Located in the city of Shusha, this mausoleum is not included on the Republic of Azerbaijan's official list of heritage sites. CHW identified the mausoleum on a 1:25K scale topographic map of 1983. 1 

Comparison of the Hexagon satellite imagery dated July 1980   with satellite imagery captured in September 2002 3  shows that the condition of the mausoleum has not changed.

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in July 1980; 2  drag left to see the mausoleum in September 2002. 3 

The mausoleum remained in this same condition until the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in September 2002; 3  drag left to see the cemetery in mausoleum 2021. 4 

Geolocation

CHW founded and geolocated the mausoleum using a 1:25K scale topographic map of 1983. 1 

The mausoleum on a 1:25K scale map of 1983. 4 

References

 1  1:25K scale topographic map of the General Directorate of Geodesy and Cartography of USSR Ministries’ Council (Sheet A-39-28-V-g, 1983).

 2  KH-9 Hexagon, D3C1216-100138F002, July 3, 1980.

 3  Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, September 27, 2002.

 4  Google Earth and Maxar Technologies, September 10, 2021.

©CHW

2023

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in July 1980; 2  drag left to see the mausoleum in September 2002. 3 

Drag the swipe tool right to see the mausoleum in September 2002; 3  drag left to see the cemetery in mausoleum 2021. 4 

The mausoleum on a 1:25K scale map of 1983. 4