Shusha Azerbaijani u a also known as Shushi Armenian is a town in the disputed region of Nagorno Karabakh in the South Caucasus It has been under the control of the self proclaimed Nagorno Karabakh Republic since its capture in 1992 during the Nagorno Karabakh War However it is a de jure part of the Republic of Azerbaijan with the status of an administrative division Shusha Rayon Shusha Shusha Province