Stepanakert (Ստեփանակերտ; or Khankendi (Azerbaijani: Xankəndi); and originally called Vararakn (Վարարակն)), is the capital and the largest city of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, a de facto independent republic. The city population comprises about 53,000 ethnic Armenians. ==History== ===Founding and Soviet era=== According to me... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepanakert