Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An kashe yawancin mutanen Armeniya na Shusha ko kuma aka fitar da su
A watan Maris na shekara ta 1920. An lalata babban cocin kuma a hankali ya ƙi. Bayan yankin ya kasance ƙarƙashin ikon Soviet, saboda manufofin rashin yarda da Allah na jihar, a ƙarshe an rufe shi a cikin 1930 kuma an mai da shi kantin hatsi a cikin 1940s. Gidansa da wani ɓangare na ganuwar da ke kewaye da shi an lalata a cikin 1950s. Daga nan aka sace shi kuma aka yi amfani da duwatsun sa don gina gidaje masu tsada da yawa a bangaren Azerbaijan na birnin. A cikin shekarun 1970s babban cocin "ya yi kama da shi [ya] tsira daga mummunan harbi". Bayan matsin lamba na jama'a, hukumomin Soviet da Azerbaijan sun ba da izini don ƙaddamar da aikin gyaran katedral a cikin 1980s. Maidowa ya fara ne a 1981 kuma ya ci gaba har zuwa 1988 kuma Volodya Babayan ne ke kula da shi. A shekara ta 1987 mutum biyu ne kawai daga cikin mutum huɗu na mala'iku na dutse a kan hasumiyar kararrawa suka tsira.