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SHUSHA

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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 1023 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SHUSHA  , a

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town, formerly a fortress, of
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Russian
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Transcaucasia, in the
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government of
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Elisavetpol, in 39° 46' N. and 46° 25' E., 170 M . S.E. of
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Tiflis, on an isolated rocky
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eminence, 3865 ft. above
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sea-level and accessible only from one
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side . Pop. about 25,000, consisting of Armenians and
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Tatars . Shusha was formerly the
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capital of the khanate of Kara-bagh . The town is locally renowned for its carpets, and the
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district for its excellent breed of Kara-bagh horses .
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Leather and
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silk are also made . The fortress, constructed in 1789, successfully withstood a
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siege by
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Aga Mahommed of
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Persia in 1795, but was constrained to surrender two years afterwards . In 18o5
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Ibrahim
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Khan of Kara-bagh invoked the
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protection of
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Russia, but the
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annexation was not corapleted until 1822 .

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Shouxha or shushi is an armenian city
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