Shushikend

Shushikend (; ), Shushakend (), or Shosh () is a village "de facto" in the Askeran Province of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh, "de jure" in the Khojaly District of Azerbaijan. The village has an ethnic Armenian-majority population and also had an Armenian majority in 1989.
History.
During the Soviet period, the village was a part of the Askeran District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. The village has been administered by the Republic of Artsakh since the First Nagorno-Karabakh War. 
After the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, five Armenian families displaced from Gulably (Vazgenashen) settled in the village, as well as in Khojaly (Ivanyan).
Religious sites.
There are three Armenian churches in the village, 19th-century St. Astvatsatsin Church in the village centre, St. Stepanos Church built in 1655 on the village cemetery grounds, and above the village on a hill in the north, there is a church with an adjacent cemetery with khachkars. The 19th-century Karmir Taran chapel is also located in the village.
Economy and culture.
The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and cattle breeding. The village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a medical center and a secondary school.
Demographics.
The village had 544 inhabitants in 2005, and 641 inhabitants in 2015.