Medieval Armenian sources attest to a settlement in the locale called Vararakn (Armenian: Վարարակն, lit.'rapid spring'). In 1847, the village was officially renamed from Vararakn to Khankendi by the Russian authorities; … See more

During the period of the USSR, Stepanakert served as the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the See more

According to the data of the Transcaucasian Statistical Committee, extracted from the family lists of 1886, there were 71 … See more

Bus
Stepanakert was served by a number of regular minibus lines. Old Soviet-era buses have been replaced with new modern buses. Regular trips to other provinces of Nagorno-Karabakh were also operated from the city. See more

Founding and Soviet era
According to medieval Armenian sources, the settlement was originally an Armenian village named … See more

Stepanakert is located on the Karabakh plateau, at an average altitude of 813 m (2,667 ft) above sea level.
The city has a humid subtropical climate (Cfa) according to the See more

The late-19th-century church of Vararakn was destroyed in the 1930s to build the Stepanakert Drama Theatre. Throughout the rest of the Soviet … See more