Photo Essay
Children in Sabirabad Tent Camp No. 1 which accomodates 12,000 Azerbaijani refugees Today, most of these refugees live in mud brick single room structures that they built with their own hands.
One of the greatest tragedies of the plight of refugees is the lack of educational opportunities for children. Many have not had a serious education since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Photo: Oleg Litvin (1996)
Since 1993, tens of thousands of Azerbaijani refugees have lived in tent camps in central Azerbaijan. Nearly 1 million refugees had to flee the Armenian military occupation
of their lands.
Photo: Elnur Babayev
Many Azerbaijani refugees who fled the Armenia onslaught were forced to live in improvised shelter from any materials they could find.
Photo: Oleg Litvin
One of the greatest tragedies of refugee life in Azerbaijan is not being able to adequately provide for the children - especially in terms of their needs for adequate food, medicine and education. Azerbaijani refugees (1993)
Photo by Oleg Litvin
Many Azerbaijani refugees who fled Armenian military aggression were forced to improvise housing out of cane. Nevertheless,
even with minimal material goods, women place great emphasis
on keeping their living spaces clean and neat.
Photo: Oleg Litvin (1994)
Some Azerbaijani families who had to flee the advance of Armenian troops were fortunate enough to anticipate their forced departure and were able to bring some household furnishings. These families fled the city of Fuzuli which is located outside of the region of Nagorno-Karabakh (June 1993).
Moving into railroad boxcars in Saatli region (1993). Azerbaijani refugees still live in box cars (1997) which have proved to be unbearably hot in the summer and extremely cold in winter.
Photo by Oleg Litvin
Seeking refuge from the heat, this Azerbaijani refugee child sleeps outside his tent home (1993).
Photo by Elnur Babayev
Donation of spoons from Norwegians to Saatli refugees in Azerbaijan (1994).
Photo by Oleg Litvin
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