"80 YEARS OF THE LIBERATION"

#1213527

17 May 2016

SHUSHI, NAGORNO-KARABAKH - on Monday, May 16, 2016: Local children play footbal at Vachagan Ishkhanyan Stadium, in Shushi, an Armenian city in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus, under the control of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since its liberation in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. As of 2002, ten years later after the city's was liberated by the Armenian forces, some 80% of the town was in ruins. The town was repopulated by Armenians, mostly refugees from Azerbaijan and other parts of Karabakh, as well as members of the Armenian diaspora. A slow recovery can be seen as reconstruction work continue.

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#1213529

17 May 2016

SHUSHI, NAGORNO-KARABAKH - on Monday, May 16, 2016: Zaya (age 14) plays piano in the Art School of Shushi, an Armenian city in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus, under the control of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since its liberation in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. As of 2002, ten years later after the city's was liberated by the Armenian forces, some 80% of the town was in ruins. The town was repopulated by Armenians, mostly refugees from Azerbaijan and other parts of Karabakh, as well as members of the Armenian diaspora. A slow recovery can be seen as reconstruction work continue.

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#1213526

17 May 2016

SHUSHI, NAGORNO-KARABAKH - on Monday, May 16, 2016: Alex (age 7) and Karen (age 32) look at three around their apartment building, in Shushi, an Armenian city in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus, under the control of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since its liberation in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. As of 2002, ten years later after the city's was liberated by the Armenian forces, some 80% of the town was in ruins. The town was repopulated by Armenians, mostly refugees from Azerbaijan and other parts of Karabakh, as well as members of the Armenian diaspora. A slow recovery can be seen as reconstruction work continue.

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#1213528

17 May 2016

SHUSHI, NAGORNO-KARABAKH - on Monday, May 16, 2016: Alex (age 7) and Karen (age 32) look at three around their apartment building, in Shushi, an Armenian city in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus, under the control of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic since its liberation in 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. As of 2002, ten years later after the city's was liberated by the Armenian forces, some 80% of the town was in ruins. The town was repopulated by Armenians, mostly refugees from Azerbaijan and other parts of Karabakh, as well as members of the Armenian diaspora. A slow recovery can be seen as reconstruction work continue.

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