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  • Shushi is our town, says Vazgen Manoukian

    Aysor, Armenia
    May 8 2010

    Shushi is our town, says Vazgen Manoukian


    `Liberating Shushi we responded to those, who unleashed war; and all
    our victories have begun since the moment, playing an invaluable role
    in our nation's future,' told Aysor in a telephone conversation ex
    premier of Armenia, chairman of the Public Council, Vazgen Manoukian,
    who is in Shushi at the moment.

    He said that Shushi, liberated 18 years ago, has positive changes.
    `This is our town and we ought to save it for ages,' said Vazgen
    Manoukian wishing development, new jobs and growth of population to
    Shushi.

    On 9 May 1992 Shushi, an Azerbaijan-held strategic town some ten
    kilometers south of the Karabakh capital Stepanakert, was liberated
    after a planned operation under the auspices of Colonel-General Gurgen
    Daribaltayan with guidance from Commandos Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan.

    All of the military factors were in favor of the Armed Forces of
    Azerbaijan, who had advantage in terms of the quantity and the quality
    of military equipment; they had advantage in terms of number of
    troops, and, in addition, they held strategically important position
    of Shushi: Shushi's high located position made it possible to bring
    down deadly fire at civilians in lower-lying Stepanakert and nearby
    villages of Nagorno Karabakh.

    However, 3,500 Armenian soldiers started storming Shushi in the early
    hours of May 8. A day later after a strong battle against 2,500
    Azerbaijani soldiers, Armenian soldiers liberated Shushi. It's worth
    mentioning that war strategists consider it impossible, or, at least,
    hardly possible, to storm and win, if own forces were not outnumbered
    by three time as much.

    The liberation of Shushi changed the curse of the Karabakh war,
    opening up opportunities for further Armenian victories.
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