 Shortly after the Armenian Genocide and the end of the Caucasus Campaign in 1918, a Pogrom instigated by the Muslim Azerbaijani Population in 1920 resulted in the destruction of the entire Armenian quarter of the city, which had a devastating effect on cities architecture heritage and position as a major trade city and producer of silk in the 19th century.After the entry of Turko-Islamic nomads to Karabakh's highlands in the 1750s, the city became divided into two parts