During the 19th century, Shusha becomes one of the most significant cities of Transcaucasia. By 1900 Susha was the fifth on size city of Transcaucasia; there was a theatre, printing houses, etc.; manufacture of carpets and trade were especially developed, since being there for a long time. According to first Russian-held census of 1823 conducted by Russian officials Yermolov and Mogilevsky, in Shusha were 1,111 (72.5%) Azerbaijani families and 421 (27.5%) Armenian families. Census of 1897 shows 25,656 inhabitants, from them of 56.5% of Armenians and 43.2% Azerbaijanis