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11 unusual facts about Stepanakert


Alexander Tamanian

He was the chief engineer of the local Council of People's Commissars and was a member of the CEC of the Armenian SSR (1925–1936), sponsored the construction industry, designed the layouts of towns and villages including Leninakan (now Gyumri) (1925), Stepanakert (1926), Nor-Bayazet (now Gavar) and Ahta-ahpara (both in 1927), Echmiadzin (1927–1928), and others.

Anatoly Zinevich

In memory of Zinevich, a street is named after him in Stepanakert.

Arkadi Ghukasyan

Born in Stepanakert, in the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Republic of the Azerbaijan SSR on 22 June 1957, he graduated in 1979 from Yerevan State University with a degree in linguistics.

Armen Adamyan

As a player, he made his debut in the Soviet Second League in 1988 for FC Karabakh Stepanakert.

Hankendi

Stepanakert, capital and the largest city of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, also called Khankendi

Janapar

The Janapar Trail, marked in 2007, leads from the southern town of Hadrut to the capital of Stepanakert over the course of a week, and from there continues north to the region of Shahumian, and on to Vardenis in Armenia.

Khndzoresk

Crossing the bridge at the entrance of the village, the road continues towards the towns of Lachin and Stepanakert.

Lernayin Artsakh FC

Lernayin Artsakh FC is an association football club based in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic.

Movses Hakobyan

In 1988, he left Afghanistan and was sent to the 366 Motorized Rifle Regiment of the Transcaucasian Military District stationed in Stepanakert, where he served until March 1992.

Seyran Ohanyan

In June 1988, he was transferred to the Red Banner Transcaucasian BO and was appointed commander of the infantry company commander of the 366th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment stationed in Stepanakert.

Zhirayr Poghosyan

He studied in Stepanakert and from 1960-1965 attended the Polytechnic Institute in Yerevan.


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Armen Abaghian

Armen Artavazdi Abaghian (January 1, 1933, Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh – November 18, 2005, Moscow, Russia) was a Russian-Armenian specialist on nuclear power, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor (1985), Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Rahim Gaziyev

After the resignation of President Ayaz Mutallibov on 6 March 1992, no official body regulated Gaziyev's actions, which provoked him to break ceasefire on a number of occasions including artillery bombardment of Nagorno-Karabakh's capital city Stepanakert.

Stepanakert Stadium

It is mostly used for football matches and is the home stadium of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh national football team and Lernayin Artsakh FC of Stepanakert.

Lernayin Artsakh is the football club that represents the city of Stepanakert.

Zheleznovodsk Communiqué

With consent from the authorities in Azerbaijan and Armenia, Boris Yeltsin and Nursultan Nazarbayev led a mediating mission on September 20–23 visiting Baku, Ganja, Stepanakert (Khankendi) and Yerevan.