Finally, in August 1919, the Karabagh National Assembly yielded to provisional and conditional Azerbaijani jurisdiction. The twenty-six conditions strictly limited the Azerbaijani administrative and military presence in the region and underscored the internal autonomy of Mountainous Karabagh.
Violations of those conditions by Azerbaijan culminated in an abortive rebellion in March 1920.
In retribution, the Azerbaijani forces burned the beautiful city of Shushi, hanged Bishop Vahan, and massacred much of the population. It was the end of Armenian Shushi.
Another event of the period was the massacre in March 1920 of Armenians in Shusha, the historic centre of Karabakh, which shifted its ethnic status from an Armenian-dominated town to an Azeri-dominated one
Christopher J. Walker.The armenian presence in mountainos Karabakh // Transcaucasian Boundaries / John F. R. Wright, Richard Schofield, Suzanne Goldenberg. — UCL Press, 1996. — С. 100. — 248 p. — ISBN 9781857282351. Архивировано 11 декабря 2021 года.
Оригинальный текст (англ.)
The Tatar army entered Shusha on 4 April 1920, and sacked the Armenian part of the town, slaughtering the inhabitants. Henceforward, until May 1992, Shusha was an overwhelmingly Azerbaijani town
April, when a mass exodus of Armenians from Shusha to nearby Khankendi (Stepanakert, today the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh), following an Armenian uprising put down by Azeri forces, transformed, almost overnight, Shusha into an Azeri city
Christopher J. Walker.The armenian presence in mountainos Karabakh // Transcaucasian Boundaries / John F. R. Wright, Richard Schofield, Suzanne Goldenberg. — UCL Press, 1996. — С. 100. — 248 p. — ISBN 9781857282351. Архивировано 11 декабря 2021 года.
Оригинальный текст (англ.)
The Tatar army entered Shusha on 4 April 1920, and sacked the Armenian part of the town, slaughtering the inhabitants. Henceforward, until May 1992, Shusha was an overwhelmingly Azerbaijani town
April, when a mass exodus of Armenians from Shusha to nearby Khankendi (Stepanakert, today the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh), following an Armenian uprising put down by Azeri forces, transformed, almost overnight, Shusha into an Azeri city
