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Patriotic War
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Liberation

Lands that returned home

The cities and districts of Karabakh that came under Azerbaijani control during the war and under the final agreement.

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During the fighting

Over the forty-four days, a number of districts and cities came under Azerbaijani control, primarily on the southern front: Fuzuli, Jabrayil, Zangilan, Gubadli, the settlement of Hadrut and dozens of villages. The crowning achievement of the offensive was the liberation of Shusha.

Many of these cities had been abandoned and destroyed back during the First Karabakh War of the 1990s, so the returning soldiers and displaced people found ruins and mined fields.

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Key cities

Shusha
An ancient cultural centre of Karabakh on rocky heights, a symbol of the war and of victory. Liberated on 8 November 2020; later declared the cultural capital of Azerbaijan.
Fuzuli
A city in the south that lay in ruins for many years. After the war, large-scale construction of a new city and an airport began here.
Jabrayil
One of the first liberated cities on the southern front; being rebuilt from the ground up.
Zangilan and Gubadli
Southern districts near the border; in Zangilan a "smart" city and an airport are being built, a symbol of post-war revival.

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Under the agreement

Under the trilateral statement of 10 November, three districts — Aghdam, Kalbajar and Lachin — were handed over to Azerbaijani control without fighting, on an agreed schedule by the end of 2020. The Lachin corridor was left open for passage to Armenia, under the observation of peacekeepers.

Shusha

The list and the timeline are given in general terms based on open sources; the status of individual territories changed over time.