This site reflects the situation as of August, 2023, when launched. After a nine-month comprehensive blockade of Artsakh and an incessant campaign of intimidation by Azerbaijan, on September 19, 2023 Azerbaijan’s armed forces launched an assault on Artsakh from all sides and employed the entire military arsenal at their disposal. Exhausted from a long siege and deprived of any external assistance, Artsakh fell. Over a hundred thousand-strong ethnic Armenian population, still inhabiting on their ancestral lands after around fifty thousand had left earlier as a consequence of a bloody war in 2020, had to flee in a few days. They left behind their homes and offices, government and commercial buildings, graveyards, places of worship, monuments and all belongings. Since the beginning of October 2023, for the first time in millennia-old history, no Armenians live in the Armenian land of Artsakh. |
Artsakh, famous for its rich history, culture and outstanding natural beauty, could hardly be realistically represented in one website, book or film. This small part of Armenian land has diverse vistas and innumerable beautiful sceneries, numerous buildings that are historically and architecturally significant and its inhabitants are very interesting and dignified people. Every settlement of Artsakh surely deserves a presentation and has values to proudly demonstrate to the world. Various monuments, sites and buildings not included in this section are depicted and described in other sections of the site.
The material selectively presented in this section from each administrative region, aims at giving the browsers an overview of our wonderful country and to encourage them to further explore it personally and in more depth. Of course, also to show the infinite beauty of the country.
