Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1923, gwamnatin Soviet ta canza sunan Khankendi zuwa Stepanakert (ma'ana "birnin Stepan" a Armeniyanci) don girmama Stepan Shaumian, shugaban Kwamishinonin Baku 26. Tun bayan kisan kiyashin Shusha
ya haifar da babbar lalacewa da kisan gilla na yawan jama'arta na Armeniya da sojojin Azerbaijan suka yi, tsohon babban birnin yankin, Stepanakert, ya zama babban birnin lardin Nagorno-Karabakh mai cin gashin kansa (NKAO).