Turshsu () or Lisagor () is a village that is in the Shusha District of Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. The village had an Azerbaijani-majority population before they fled the fighting of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.

History

The village was founded in the beginning of the 20th century as the Russian settlement of Lysogor () in the Shusha Uyezd of the Elisabethpol Governorate in the Russian Empire. In 1914, 36 people lived in the village, mostly Russians.

Turshsu, Nagorno-Karabakh

During the Soviet period, the village was part of the Shusha District of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Turshsu, Nagorno-Karabakh

Economy and culture

The population is mainly engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry. As of 2015, the village has a municipal building, a house of culture, a secondary school, and a medical centre. The Lisagor branch of the Shushi Children's Music School is also located in the village.

Turshsu, Nagorno-Karabakh

Demographics

The village had 88 inhabitants in 2005, and 130 inhabitants in 2015.

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Populated places in Shushi Province

Populated places in Shusha District