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On-Site Investigation Report on Human Rights in Karabakh

of Nagorno-Karabakh. However,
another important feature of
Shusha for Azerbaijan is that it
has a spiritual value in terms
of its cultural and historical
heritage. Many important artists
of Azerbaijan were from Shusha.
Uzeyir Hajibeyov, the composer
of the national anthem of
Azerbaijan, the pioneer of
modern Azerbaijani music, and
the first opera composer of the
East, was also born in Shusha.
Therefore, his bust is located in
Shusha.

The visits made within the
scope of on-site examination
Bullet marks on the bust
started with the Shusha Gover-
nor’s Office. Immediately after the liberation of Shusha from the occupa-
tion, renovations were made in the Governor’s Office, and these renova-
tions are still in progress. It was observed that the bust of Uzeyir Hajibeyov,
the composer of the national
anthem of Azerbaijan, was
found in the garden of the Gov-
ernor’s Office but that the bust
was targeted by many bullets.

Right behind the Governor’s
Office, there is the house (pal-
ace) of the poet, Khurshidbanu
Natavan, who became the sole
heir of Mehdigulu Khan, Kara-
bakh Khan, when he passed
away, and who ruled the khan-
ate until her death, and who
had an important place in the
social-political, cultural life,
and literature of Azerbaijan,
especially Karabakh, in the 19
th
century.
Bust of Uzeyir Hajibeyov

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