1. Kashatagh Region Liberated, Disputed, and Strategic Region in Artcakh
28 February 2008
Levon P. Thorose

2. Georgia Azerbaijan Turkey Iran Kashatagh is part of the disputed lands
Autonomous Nagorno Karabakh
Turkey
Iran

3. Turkey
Iran
Azerbaijan
“Kashatagh is the land of our ancestors,” says head of administration of Kashatagh Alexan Hakobian.
The most strategic land for protection and security of Armenia and security of Artcakh.
Azerbaijan
1921 to 1988
“Armenians living here began thinning out 100 years ago and as a result of the policy conducted by Stalin it became a part of Azerbaijan.”
After 1994 ceasefire

4. Kashatagh Today
Artcakh has a population of 137,737, and 99.7% of whom are Armenian, according to the census taken in 2005.
After 15 years of resettlement, the region of 300 square kilometers now has about 15,000 residents.
Of 127 settlements, not all have electricity. They use what the local environment and nature provides. Not all have purified drinking water system.

5. Stepanakert

6. Children in Stepanakert

7. Cafeteria in Stepanakert