Английская Википедия:Bust of Khurshidbanu Natavan

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The Bust of Khurshidbanu Natavan (Шаблон:Lang-az), also known as the Monument of Natavan, Daughter of the Khan (Шаблон:Lang-az), is a public bronze bust of Khurshidbanu Natavan displayed in Shusha, Azerbaijan. The bust, made by the Azerbaijani sculptor Hayat Abdullayeva and unveiled in 1982, was heavily damaged by the Armenian forces when they captured Shusha in 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and was transferred to Armenia. It was then bought by the Azerbaijani authorities in Georgia, and transferred to Azerbaijan, to be displayed in the yard of the Azerbaijani National Museum of Art in Baku. In 2020, the Azerbaijani forces recaptured Shusha, and the bust was returned to the city in January 2021.

History

The bronze bustШаблон:Sfn was made by the Azerbaijani sculptor Hayat Abdullayeva, and was unveiled in 1982, in Shusha, Azerbaijani SSR, which was then part of the Soviet Union. It depicts Khurshidbanu Natavan, a 19th-century Azerbaijani poet.

On 8 May 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War,Шаблон:Sfn the Armenian forces captured Shusha, and its Azerbaijani population of about 15,000 people, was forced to flee.Шаблон:Sfn Most of the city came into ruins, with the city turning into a ghost town. The Armenian forces heavily damaged the bust, with bullet marks being visible throughout the sculpture. It was transferred to Armenia, and then were purchased by the Azerbaijani authorities in Tbilisi, Georgia.Шаблон:Sfn The bust was transferred to Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, and was kept in the courtyard of the headquarters of the Red Cross until being moved to the yard of the Azerbaijani National Museum of Art in Baku.

The British journalist Thomas de Waal, who saw the monuments in Baku, wrote:

Azerbaijan recaptured Shusha after a three-day long battle on 8 November 2020, during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. On 15 January, the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the First-Vice President Mehriban Aliyeva visited Shusha, and the bust was returned to the city the next day.

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