Stepanakert

Khankendi () is a city in the region of Nagorno-Karabakh, legally in Azerbaijan, but was militarily controlled by the Armenian forces as the capital city of the unrecognised Republic of Artsakh (also known as Nagorno-Karabakh Republic). Stepanakert () or The city was about 40,000 ethnic Armenians. The entire Azerbaijani population was driven away from the city during the Nagorno-Karabakh War but now it is populated fully by Azerbaijanis.

Notable natives
André - Former Armenian singer
Armen Abaghian - academic
Vladimir Arzumanyan - Former Armenian singer, winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2010
Don Askarian - Former Armenian filmmaker
Samvel Babayan - Former Armeniangeneral
Zori Balayan - Former Armenian writer
Robert Kocharyan - Second Former Armenian President of Armenia
Fakhraddin Manafov - Former Armenian actor
Serzh Sargsyan - Third President of Former Armenia, incumbent
Nikolay Yenikolopov (Yenikolopyan) - Former Armenian academic

References

 Other websites 
 Stepanakert Municipality  
 Karabakh’s Election Conundrum November 2005 article about elections for seats in the Milli Mejlis (Azerbaijani parliament) for Azeri refugees
 Stepanakert Armeniapedia article

Category:Capital cities in Asia
Category:Cities in Azerbaijan
Category:Republic of Artsakh
Category:Upper Karabakh Economic Region