In the 18th century , Qazax was the capital of the Qazax sultanate . During the Russian Empire , the city was the administrative center of the Gazakh uezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate . It is situated 10 km from the Ağstafa station of the Transcaucasus Railway . At the cusp of the Armenian Genocide during the years 1905-1906 , many Armenian homes were burned and looted as well as the Armenian school and church . Many Armenian inhabitants as a result fled to Tbilisi and other Armenian populated areas
Armenian Genocide
Armenian Genocide
Qazax