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Brief History of artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh)
The Republic of Artsakh, also known as Nagorno Karabakh has historically been and continues to be an integral part of Armenia. Dating back to the 9-6th century BC, the region was governed by various Armenian kingdoms, and in the 17th century it was annexed by the Russian Empire.
After the collapse of the Russian Empire, the newly formed independent Republic of Armenia fought for the historic Armenian lands of Artsakh, Syunik, and Nakhichevan, which were being subjected to ethnic cleansing by the local Azeri and Turkish populations.
In 1921 when both Armenia and Azerbaijan had joined the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin arbitrarily carved out Artsakh and placed it under the administration of the Azerbaijani SSR as an autonomous oblast. Under Soviet Azerbaijani rule, the Nagorno Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) was subjected to discriminatory policies, aimed at reducing the Armenian population and keeping the area economically underdeveloped. Because of this, the Armenian population of NKAO made formal demands to transfer the territory to the Armenian SSR on multiple occasions--a common practice in the Soviet Union--but was repeatedly denied.
In 1988 the governing body of NKAO appealed to the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan SSR with the request to secede from its structure and join the Armenia SSR. Azerbaijan not only denied the request, but also launched an ethnic cleansing campaign against individuals of Armenian descent with pogroms in the cities of Sumgait, Baku, Kirovabad, Shamkhor, Mingechaur, and later throughout Azerbaijan. The Armenian population was terrorized, raped, brutally murdered, mutilated, burned alive and forced to flee.
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English
MIA Pablishers
2013
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24 halaman: ilus.; 16 x 23 cm.
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