Nagorno-Karabakh, an area of 4,400 square kilometers covering the hilltops and valleys of the mountains of the South Caucasus, is an unrecognized republic in the republic of Azerbaijan.In 1988, after the start of perestroika in the Soviet Union, the conflict between Azeris and Armenians in Karabakh escalated. In 1994, some 600,000 Azeri people were displaced. The devastation of the old Karabakh is very visible. Broken walls, wrecked columns, roofless homes, empty streets, abandoned school, pieces of furniture lying randomly at the side of the street or on piles of sand, plastic bags, stones and garbage, it is an a toll of destruction. The landscape of the pseudo-nation is a painful reminder of a war.