History of Nagorno-Karabakh (1918-1923)
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| Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast | |||
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The history of Nagorno-Karabakh (1915-1923) refers to the transitional period of the end of the First World War in the Russian Empire's Caucasian provinces of Armenia, Azerbaijan, of Nagorno-Karabakh.
In 1918-1920 there was a war fought by Azerbaijan and Armenia over the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh.
The history of Nagorno-Karabkh (1915-present) refers to its transitions from World War I, when it was one of the provinces along with Armenia and Azerbaijan. After Nagorno-Karabakh and the other provinces became under the rule of the Soviet Union, the system has created, often though deliberately, drew borders that would later, in the 1980s and 1990s create tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan. These tensions had some religious rots but mostly the hostility originated from the ruthless divisions of borders by the Soviets. During the Soviet Era, Nagorno-Karabakh consisted of a majority of ethnic Armenians, about 76% in 1979. Originally clashes between ethnic Armenians and Azerbaijanis occurred, however, these were on the lines of “hooliganism during soccer matches between Baku and Yerevan teams” (Charles King 213). However, the Soviet Union set the tone for nationalism. Beyond the territorial divisions, a question of survival arose: from the Armenian perspective, they saw repeated attacks against ethnic Armenians during the genocide, evident by the massive outflow of migrants, 180,800 by 1989, from Azerbaijan; on the contrary, Azerbaijani viewed the Armenians as attempting to destroy Azeri territorial unity as well as engage in cleansing of ethnic Azeri from Armenia. Azerbaijanis insists on getting its territory back, while Armenians argue that its majority in Nagorno-Karabakh shows their ownership of the land.
