August 2021, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev laid foundation stone for Hotel and Conference Center in Shusha. Twin towns – sister cities Gyöngyös, Hungary Kayseri, Turkey Turkistan, Kazakhstan Erzurum, Turkey Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria Notable natives Ibrahim Khalil Khan (1732-1806), Azerbaijani khan of the Karabakh Khanate. Gasim bey Zakir (1784–1857), Azerbaijani poet. Jafargulu agha Javanshir (1787–1867), Azerbaijani poet and major general of the Imperial Russian Army. Abbasqoli Mo'tamad-dawla Javanshir (1804-1862), Azerbaijani statesman and first minister of justice of Iran. Karbalayi Safikhan Karabakhi (1820–1879), Azerbaijani architect and one of the representatives of Karabakh architecture schools. Ivan Davidovich Lazarev (1820–1879), Armenian lieutenant-general of the Imperial Russian Army. Usta Gambar Karabakhi (1830–1905), Azerbaijani ornamentalist painter. Khurshidbanu Natavan (1832–1897), one of the best lyrical poets of Azerbaijan. Sadigjan (1846–1902), Azerbaijani musician. Muratsan (1854–1908), Armenian writer and novelist. Karim bey Mehmandarov (1854-1929), Azerbaijani physician, founder of the Russian-Azerbaijani Shusha girls school. Amanullah Mirza Qajar (1857–1937), prince of Iran's Qajar dynasty. Major general in the Russian Empire and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, later military figure and politician in Iran. Leo (1860–1932), Armenian historian. Stepan Aghajanian (1863–1940), Armenian painter. Hambardzum Arakelian (1865–1918), Armenian journalist and public activist. Alexander Atabekian (1868–1933), prominent Armenian anarchist. Ahmet Ağaoğlu (1869–1939), Azerbaijani politician and journalist. Abdurrahim bey Hagverdiyev (1870–1933), Azerbaijani playwright, stage director, politician and public figure. Feyzullah Mirza Qajar (1872–1920), prince of Iran's Qajar dynasty. Major general in the Russian Empire and the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, later military figure and politician in Iran. Suleyman Sani Akhundov (1875–1939), Azerbaijani playwright and journalist. Vartan Sarkisov (1875–1955), Soviet-Armenian architect. Freidun Aghalyan (1876–1944), Armenian architect. Tuman Tumanian (1879–1906), Armenian liberation movement leader. Zulfugar Hajibeyov (1884–1950), Soviet-Azerbaijani composer. Ahmed Agdamski (1884–1954), Soviet-Azerbaijani opera singer. Arsen Terteryan (1882–1953), Soviet-Armenian scientist. Artashes Babalian (1886–1959), a politician of the First Republic of Armenia. Sahak Ter-Gabrielyan (1886–1937), Soviet-Armenian statesman. Hayk Gyulikekhvyan (1886–1951), Armenian literary critic. Ashot Hovhannisyan (1887–1972), Soviet-Armenian statesman and historian. Yusif Vazir Chamanzaminli (1887–1943), Soviet-Azerbaijani and writer. Nariman bey Narimanbeyov (1889–1937), Azerbaijani lawyer and statesman. Mikael Arutchian (1897–1961), Soviet-Armenian painter. Bulbul (1897–1961), Soviet-Azerbaijani opera tenor and folk music performer, father of Polad Bülbüloğlu, Azerbaijani singer, actor and diplomat. Ivan Tevosian (1902–1958), Soviet-Armenian statesman. Khan Shushinski (1901–1979), was an Azerbaijani khananda folk singer. Süreyya Ağaoğlu (1903–1989), Turkish Azerbaijani origin writer, jurist, and the first female lawyer in Turkish history. Ivan Knunyants (1906–1990), Soviet-Armenian chemist. Latif Karimov (1906–1991), Azerbaijani carpet designer known for his contributions to a variety of artistic fields, as