Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna 1923, Khankendi yakatumidzwa kuti Stepanakert (zvinoreva kuti "guta raStepan" muchiArmenian) nehurumende yeSoviet mukuremekedza Stepan Shaumian, mutungamiriri we26 Baku Commissars. Kubvira
Shusha pogrom yakakonzera kuparadzwa kukuru uye kuurayiwa kwakawanda kwevagari vayo veArmenian nemauto eAzerbaijan, guta rekare redunhu, Stepanakert, rakaitwa guta guru reNagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO).