Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Sannadkii 1923, Khankendi waxaa loogu magac daray Stepanakert (oo macnaheedu yahay "magaalada Stepan" ee Armenian) dowladda Soofiyeeti si loogu maamuuso Stepan Shaumian, oo ahaa hogaamiyaha 26-ka Komishane ee Baku. Tan iyo markii la laayay dadka reer Shusha
waxay keentay burbur ballaaran iyo xasuuq ballaaran oo shacabkeeda Armenia ah oo ay geysteen ciidamada Azerbaijan, caasimadii hore ee gobolka, Stepanakert, waxaa loo sameeyay caasimadda Gobolka Madaxa-bannaan ee Nagorno-Karabakh (NKAO).