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KARABAKH’S HOPES – Thanassis Stavrakis Photography

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KARABAKH’S HOPES

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Nagorno-Karabakh’s 150,000 people don’t hold Azerbaijan passports and can travel only to Armenia, unless they apply for Armenian passports. The mountainous region’s self-declared sovereignty isn’t recognized by any country. With trade, travel and educational opportunities limited, the region’s youth are in danger of falling behind.
The privately funded TUMO Center for Creative Technologies, which teaches subjects such as robotics and 3-D modeling, epitomizes the aspirations in the region to emerge from the isolation that has cloaked it for more than two decades. Nagorno-Karabakh has been under the control of ethnic Armenian forces backed by Armenia since the end of a 1994 war.
Nagorno-Karabakh has reported solid gross domestic product growth over the past decade. Once heavily reliant on imported electricity, Nagorno-Karabakh now has a self-sufficient grid.
It also has an international airport, built in 2011, but the one thing missing are the planes. Azerbaijan has warned it can’t guarantee the safety of flights to Nagorno-Karabakh. So, neatly stacked luggage trolleys, check-in desks and an air traffic control tower remain unused.

Children stand at the yard of a church as a destroyed building during the war is seen in the background in Shusha town. (May 10, 2018)

A bus passes in front of a factory painted with the colors of the self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh flag in the capital Stepanakert. (May 10, 2018)

Destroyed buildings during the war are seen in Shusha town. (May 10, 2018)

People attend a concert in Stepanakert, during the Victory Day to celebrate 73 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi. (May 9, 2018)

Teenagers taking a course at TUMO, an after-school training center, in Stepanakert. (May 11, 2018)

A teenager taking a course at TUMO, an after-school training center, in Stepanakert. (May 11, 2018)

Armenian Garnik Avanesyan, veteran Lieutenant Colonel poses in front of destroyed buildings during the war in Shusha town. (May 10, 2018)

A vendor gives a candy floss in Stepanakert, during the Victory Day to celebrate 73 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi. (May 9, 2018)

Workers carry a medal box at Gandzasar monastery near the village of Vank. (May 12, 2018)

Military officers attend a church service in Shusha town. (May 10, 2018)

Azan Grigorevich, the owner of the only rock bar in Stepanakert prepares cocktails was he speaks with his friends. (May 10, 2018)

A soldier and other residents watch the fireworks in Stepanakert, during the Victory Day to celebrate 73 years since the end of WWII and the defeat of Nazi. (May 9, 2018)

oldier cemetery with the victims of 1988-1994 war is seen in Stepanakert. (May 10, 2018)

A pedestrian passes outside a restaurant in Stepanakert. (May 10, 2018)

A man watches a screen atop the air-traffic control tower at the empty Stepanakert airport. (May 11, 2018)

A dog walks on the empty runway of Stepanakert airport. (May 11, 2018)

A fruit vendor with his friend sit outside his shop in Stepanakert. (May 10, 2018)

Local residents enjoy thermal springs in Karvachar. (May 12, 2018)

People visit the monument ''We are our mountains'' in Stepanakert. (May 11, 2018)

Commuters board a bus in Stepanakert. (May 11, 2018)

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