Salatin
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Salatın is a village in the Shusha Rayon of Azerbaijan
. The village was the site of the killing of journalist Salatyn Asgarova
, who was covering the Nagorno-Karabakh War
; the village was renamed in her honor.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , officially the Republic of Azerbaijan is the largest country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia to the west, and Iran to...
. The village was the site of the killing of journalist Salatyn Asgarova
Salatyn Asgarova
Salatyn Aziz qizi Asgarova is a National Hero of Azerbaijan. She was one of the Azerbaijani journalists killed in the Nagorno-Karabakh war.-Early life:...
, who was covering the Nagorno-Karabakh War
Nagorno-Karabakh War
The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an armed conflict that took place from February 1988 to May 1994, in the small enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan...
; the village was renamed in her honor.