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data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hyw mw-list-item"><a href="https://hyw.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%82%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%AB_%D4%BB%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80_%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ – Western Armenian" lang="hyw" hreflang="hyw" data-title="Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ" data-language-autonym="Արեւմտահայերէն" data-language-local-name="Western Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Արեւմտահայերէն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Da%C4%9Fl%C4%B1q_Qaraba%C4%9F_Muxtar_Vilay%C9%99ti" title="Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayəti – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayəti" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Нагорна-Карабахская аўтаномная вобласць – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нагорна-Карабахская аўтаномная вобласць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B0%D1%9E%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%8F_%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%8C%D1%86%D1%8C" title="Нагорна-Карабаская аўтаномная вобласьць – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Нагорна-Карабаская аўтаномная вобласьць" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awtonomong_Oblast_nin_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Awtonomong Oblast nin Nagorno-Karabakh – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Awtonomong Oblast nin Nagorno-Karabakh" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0_%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82" title="Нагорно-карабахска автономна област – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Нагорно-карабахска автономна област" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/OE_Nagorno-Karabac%27h" title="OE Nagorno-Karabac'h – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="OE Nagorno-Karabac'h" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%A1horn%C4%9Bkaraba%C5%A1sk%C3%A1_autonomn%C3%AD_oblast" title="Náhorněkarabašská autonomní oblast – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Náhorněkarabašská autonomní oblast" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonome_Oblast_Bergkarabach" title="Autonome Oblast Bergkarabach – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Autonome Oblast Bergkarabach" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4gi-Karabahhi_autonoomne_oblast" title="Mägi-Karabahhi autonoomne oblast – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mägi-Karabahhi autonoomne oblast" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93blast_aut%C3%B3nomo_del_Alto_Karabaj" title="Óblast autónomo del Alto Karabaj – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Óblast autónomo del Alto Karabaj" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%C5%ADtonoma_Provinco_Montara_Karaba%C4%A5o" title="Aŭtonoma Provinco Montara Karabaĥo – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Aŭtonoma Provinco Montara Karabaĥo" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karabakh_Garaiko_Oblast_Autonomoa" title="Karabakh Garaiko Oblast Autonomoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Karabakh Garaiko Oblast Autonomoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%AE%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%82%D8%B1%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%BA_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%87%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C" title="استان خودمختار قره‌باغ کوهستانی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="استان خودمختار قره‌باغ کوهستانی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_autonome_du_Haut-Karabagh" title="Oblast autonome du Haut-Karabagh – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Oblast autonome du Haut-Karabagh" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%82%98%EA%B3%A0%EB%A5%B4%EB%85%B8%EC%B9%B4%EB%9D%BC%EB%B0%94%ED%9D%90_%EC%9E%90%EC%B9%98%EC%A3%BC" title="나고르노카라바흐 자치주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="나고르노카라바흐 자치주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BC%D5%A5%D5%BC%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB%D5%B6_%D5%82%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%A2%D5%A1%D5%B2%D5%AB_%D5%AB%D5%B6%D6%84%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%BE%D5%A1%D6%80_%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%A6" title="Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի ինքնավար մարզ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի ինքնավար մարզ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast_Otonomi_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Oblast Otonomi Nagorno-Karabakh – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Oblast Otonomi Nagorno-Karabakh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oblast%27_autonoma_del_Nagorno_Karabakh" title="Oblast' autonoma del Nagorno Karabakh – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Oblast' autonoma del Nagorno Karabakh" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-krc mw-list-item"><a href="https://krc.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B0%D1%83-%D0%9A%D1%8A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%85_%D0%B0%D0%B2%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC_%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8C" title="Тау-Къарабах автоном область – Karachay-Balkar" lang="krc" hreflang="krc" data-title="Тау-Къарабах автоном область" data-language-autonym="Къарачай-малкъар" data-language-local-name="Karachay-Balkar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Къарачай-малкъар</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%90%E1%83%9C%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="მთიანი ყარაბაღის ავტონომიური ოლქი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მთიანი ყარაბაღის ავტონომიური ოლქი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%92%E1%83%95%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%90%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98_%E1%83%A7%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%91%E1%83%90%E1%83%A6%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%90%E1%83%95%E1%83%A2%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A3%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98_%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9A%E1%83%A5%E1%83%98" title="გვალამი ყარაბაღიშ ავტონომიური ოლქი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="გვალამი ყარაბაღიშ ავტონომიური ოლქი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilayah_Autonomi_Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Wilayah Autonomi Nagorno-Karabakh – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wilayah Autonomi Nagorno-Karabakh" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabachse_Autonome_Oblast" title="Nagorno-Karabachse Autonome Oblast – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nagorno-Karabachse Autonome Oblast" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8A%E3%82%B4%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8E%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9%E3%83%90%E3%83%95%E8%87%AA%E6%B2%BB%E5%B7%9E" title="ナゴルノ・カラバフ自治州 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ナゴルノ・カラバフ自治州" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tog%CA%BBli_Qorabog%CA%BB_muxtor_viloyati" title="Togʻli Qorabogʻ muxtor viloyati – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Togʻli Qorabogʻ muxtor viloyati" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagorno-Karabachski_Obw%C3%B3d_Autonomiczny" title="Nagorno-Karabachski Obwód Autonomiczny – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Nagorno-Karabachski Obwód Autonomiczny" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-former-subdiv-flagarms td{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms table{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-flagarms tbody tr:first-child td{width:50%;vertical-align:middle}.mw-parser-output .ib-former-subdiv-fake-li{text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal}</style><table class="infobox ib-former-subdiv vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_oblasts_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union">Autonomous oblast</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader category">1923–1991</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><div class="noresize" style="display:table; width:100%;"> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding-left:5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_(1988).svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Flag of Nagorno-Karabakh"><img alt="Flag of Nagorno-Karabakh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_%281988%29.svg/125px-Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_%281988%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_%281988%29.svg/188px-Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_%281988%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_%281988%29.svg/250px-Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_%281988%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="426" data-file-height="240" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Flag of Nagorno-Karabakh">Flag</a></div> </div> <div style="display:table-cell; vertical-align:middle; padding: 0px 5px;"> <div style="padding-bottom:3px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast.png" class="mw-file-description" title="of Nagorno-Karabakh"><img alt="of Nagorno-Karabakh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Emblem_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast.png/85px-Emblem_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast.png" decoding="async" width="85" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Emblem_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast.png/128px-Emblem_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Emblem_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast.png/170px-Emblem_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1916" /></a></span></div> <div><a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Nagorno-Karabakh" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms of Nagorno-Karabakh">Coat of arms</a></div> </div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Location_Nagorno-Karabakh2.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Location_Nagorno-Karabakh2.png/220px-Location_Nagorno-Karabakh2.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Location_Nagorno-Karabakh2.png/330px-Location_Nagorno-Karabakh2.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Location_Nagorno-Karabakh2.png/440px-Location_Nagorno-Karabakh2.png 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="387" /></a></span><br /></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Capital</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Stepanakert" title="Stepanakert">Stepanakert</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div class="ib-former-subdiv-fake-li">• 1989<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,388 km<sup>2</sup> (1,694 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• 1989<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </div></th><td class="infobox-data">189,085</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"> • Type</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Autonomous_oblasts_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union">Autonomous Oblast</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">History</th><td class="infobox-data"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Established </div></th><td class="infobox-data">7 July 1923</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="text-indent:-0.9em;margin-left:1.2em;font-weight:normal;">• Abolished </div></th><td class="infobox-data">26 November 1991</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width:95%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; display:inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:center; border:0; padding-bottom:0"><div id="before-after"></div> <b>Preceded by</b></td> <td style="text-align:center;border:0; padding-bottom:0;"><b>Succeeded by</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center; border:0;"> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_the_Transcaucasian_SFSR.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Transcaucasian_SFSR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_the_Transcaucasian_SFSR.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_Transcaucasian_SFSR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_the_Transcaucasian_SFSR.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Transcaucasian_SFSR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Transcaucasian_Socialist_Federative_Soviet_Republic" title="Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic">Transcaucasian SFSR</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top; text-align:center;border:0;"> <table style="width:92%; text-align:center; margin:0 auto; border:0;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/20px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Flag_of_Armenia.svg/40px-Flag_of_Armenia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a> </td> <td style="border:0; padding:0; vertical-align:middle;"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/20px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg/40px-Flag_of_Azerbaijan_%281991%E2%80%932013%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast</b> (<b>NKAO</b>)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an <a href="/wiki/Autonomous_oblasts_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Autonomous oblasts of the Soviet Union">autonomous oblast</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Soviet_Socialist_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic">Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic</a> that was created on July 7, 1923. Its capital was the city of <a href="/wiki/Stepanakert" title="Stepanakert">Stepanakert</a>. The majority of the population were ethnic <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Nagorno_Karabakh03.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Nagorno_Karabakh03.png/250px-Nagorno_Karabakh03.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="359" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Nagorno_Karabakh03.png/375px-Nagorno_Karabakh03.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Nagorno_Karabakh03.png/500px-Nagorno_Karabakh03.png 2x" data-file-width="988" data-file-height="1418" /></a><figcaption>Principal cities of the Oblast</figcaption></figure> <p>The area was disputed between <a href="/wiki/First_Republic_of_Armenia" title="First Republic of Armenia">Armenia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Democratic_Republic" title="Azerbaijan Democratic Republic">Azerbaijan</a> during their short-lived independence from 1918 and 1920. After the <a href="/wiki/Sovietization" title="Sovietization">Sovietization</a> of <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan" title="Azerbaijan">Azerbaijan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kavbiuro" title="Kavbiuro">Kavbiuro</a> organisation decided to keep the area within the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_SSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Azerbaijan SSR">Azerbaijan SSR</a> whilst granting it broad regional autonomy.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Initially, the principal city of <a href="/wiki/Karabakh" title="Karabakh">Karabakh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shusha" title="Shusha">Shusha</a>, and its surrounding villages were to be excluded from the autonomy as they were predominantly <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijani</a>, particularly after the <a href="/wiki/Shusha_massacre" title="Shusha massacre">massacre and expulsion</a> of the majority <a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenian</a> population of Shusha—this decision was later reversed in 1923 when Shusha was decided to join the NKAO despite protests from <a href="/wiki/Muslims" title="Muslims">Muslim</a> villages who favoured its inclusion into the <a href="/wiki/Kurdistan_uezd" class="mw-redirect" title="Kurdistan uezd">Kurdistan uezd</a> instead.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On July 7, 1923, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was created and the capital was moved to <a href="/wiki/Stepanakert" title="Stepanakert">Stepanakert</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the time of its formation, its area was 4,161 km<sup>2</sup> (1,607 sq mi).<sup id="cite_ref-Atlas_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Atlas-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the 1926 census, the population of the region was 125,200 people, among whom the Armenians accounted for 89.2 percent. However, by 1989, the share of Armenians dropped to 76.9 percent of the population of the autonomous region.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Reasons for this include the policy of Soviet Azerbaijani authorities to settle Azerbaijanis in the region and some out-migration of Karabakh Armenians, as well as the generally higher birthrate among Azerbaijanis than among Armenians.<sup id="cite_ref-dewaal_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewaal-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the question of Nagorno-Karabakh's status did not become a major public issue until the mid-1980s, Armenian intellectuals, Soviet Armenian and Karabakh Armenian leadership periodically made appeals to Moscow for the region's transfer to Soviet Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-dewaal_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewaal-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1945, the leader of Soviet Armenia <a href="/wiki/Grigory_Arutyunov" class="mw-redirect" title="Grigory Arutyunov">Grigory Arutinov</a> appealed to <a href="/wiki/Stalin" class="mw-redirect" title="Stalin">Stalin</a> to attach the region to Soviet Armenia, which was rejected.<sup id="cite_ref-dewaal_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewaal-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1965, thirteen Karabakh Armenian party officials wrote to Soviet leadership with their grievances about the attitude of Soviet Azerbaijani officials towards the NKAO. Many of these Karabakh Armenian officials were dismissed or moved to Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-dewaal_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewaal-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rise of <a href="/wiki/Heydar_Aliyev" title="Heydar Aliyev">Heydar Aliyev</a> to the leadership of the Azerbaijani SSR in 1969 saw increasing attempts to tighten Baku's control over the autonomous region. In 1973–74 Aliyev purged the entire leadership of the NKAO, who were regarded as Armenian nationalists. He appointed <a href="/wiki/Boris_Kevorkov" title="Boris Kevorkov">Boris Kevorkov</a>, an Armenian from outside Karabakh, as the <a href="/wiki/List_of_First_Secretaries_of_the_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast_Committee_of_the_Communist_Party_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of First Secretaries of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan">First Secretary of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Committee</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Azerbaijan_Communist_Party_(1920)" title="Azerbaijan Communist Party (1920)">Communist Party of Azerbaijan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-dewaal_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dewaal-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1977, the prominent Armenian author <a href="/wiki/Sero_Khanzadyan" title="Sero Khanzadyan">Sero Khanzadyan</a> wrote an open letter to <a href="/wiki/Leonid_Brezhnev" title="Leonid Brezhnev">Leonid Brezhnev</a> calling for Nagorno-Karabakh's annexation to Soviet Armenia.<sup id="cite_ref-sanjian_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sanjian-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administrative_divisions">Administrative divisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Administrative divisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There were five administrative divisions or <a href="/wiki/Raion" title="Raion">raions</a> in the NKAO : </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mardakert_District_(NKAO)" title="Mardakert District (NKAO)">Mardakert District (NKAO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martuni_District_(NKAO)" title="Martuni District (NKAO)">Martuni District (NKAO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shusha_District_(NKAO)" title="Shusha District (NKAO)">Shusha District (NKAO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askeran_District_(NKAO)" title="Askeran District (NKAO)">Askeran District (NKAO)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hadrut_District_(NKAO)" title="Hadrut District (NKAO)">Hadrut District (NKAO)</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh#Demographics" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh § Demographics</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <caption>Historical ethnic composition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1921–1989 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Ethnic group </th> <th colspan="2">1921<sup id="cite_ref-welt_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welt-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1923<sup id="cite_ref-beglaryan_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beglaryan-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-welt_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-welt-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1925<sup id="cite_ref-beglaryan_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beglaryan-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1926<sup id="cite_ref-beglaryan_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beglaryan-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-этно1926_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-этно1926-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1939<sup id="cite_ref-beglaryan_14-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beglaryan-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1959<sup id="cite_ref-beglaryan_14-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beglaryan-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1970<sup id="cite_ref-beglaryan_14-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beglaryan-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1979<sup id="cite_ref-beglaryan_14-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-beglaryan-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th colspan="2">1989<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th> <th>Number </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Armenians" title="Armenians">Armenians</a> </td> <td align="right">122,715 </td> <td align="right">88.62 </td> <td align="right">149,600 </td> <td align="right">94.8 </td> <td align="right">142,470 </td> <td align="right">90.28 </td> <td align="right">111,694 </td> <td align="right">89.24 </td> <td align="right">132,800 </td> <td align="right">88.04 </td> <td align="right">110,053 </td> <td align="right">84.39 </td> <td align="right">121,068 </td> <td align="right">80.54 </td> <td align="right">123,076 </td> <td align="right">75.89 </td> <td align="right">145,450 </td> <td align="right">76.92 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijanis" title="Azerbaijanis">Azerbaijanis</a><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="right">15,444 </td> <td align="right">11.15 </td> <td align="right">7,700 </td> <td align="right">4.9 </td> <td align="right">15,261 </td> <td align="right">9.67 </td> <td align="right">12,592 </td> <td align="right">10.06 </td> <td align="right">14,053 </td> <td align="right">9.32 </td> <td align="right">17,995 </td> <td align="right">13.80 </td> <td align="right">27,179 </td> <td align="right">18.08 </td> <td align="right">37,264 </td> <td align="right">22.98 </td> <td align="right">40,688 </td> <td align="right">21.52 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Russians" title="Russians">Russians</a> </td> <td rowspan="7">307 </td> <td rowspan="7">0.22 </td> <td rowspan="7">500 </td> <td rowspan="7">0.3 </td> <td align="right">46 </td> <td align="right">0.03 </td> <td align="right">596 </td> <td align="right">0.48 </td> <td align="right">3,174 </td> <td align="right">2.10 </td> <td align="right">1,790 </td> <td align="right">1.37 </td> <td align="right">1,310 </td> <td align="right">0.87 </td> <td align="right">1,265 </td> <td align="right">0.78 </td> <td align="right">1,922 </td> <td align="right">1.02 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Ukrainians" title="Ukrainians">Ukrainians</a> </td> <td rowspan="6">30 </td> <td rowspan="6">0.02 </td> <td align="right">35 </td> <td align="right">0.03 </td> <td align="right">436 </td> <td align="right">0.29 </td> <td align="right">238 </td> <td align="right">0.18 </td> <td align="right">193 </td> <td align="right">0.13 </td> <td align="right">140 </td> <td align="right">0.09 </td> <td align="right">416 </td> <td align="right">0.22 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Belarusians" title="Belarusians">Belarusians</a> </td> <td align="right">12 </td> <td align="right">0.01 </td> <td align="right">11 </td> <td align="right">0.01 </td> <td align="right">32 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td> <td align="right">35 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td> <td align="right">37 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td> <td align="right">79 </td> <td align="right">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Greeks" title="Greeks">Greeks</a> </td> <td align="right">68 </td> <td align="right">0.05 </td> <td align="right">74 </td> <td align="right">0.05 </td> <td align="right">67 </td> <td align="right">0.05 </td> <td align="right">33 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td> <td align="right">56 </td> <td align="right">0.03 </td> <td align="right">72 </td> <td align="right">0.04 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatars" title="Tatars">Tatars</a> </td> <td align="right">6 </td> <td align="right">0.00 </td> <td align="right">29 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td> <td align="right">36 </td> <td align="right">0.03 </td> <td align="right">25 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td> <td align="right">41 </td> <td align="right">0.03 </td> <td align="right">64 </td> <td align="right">0.03 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Georgians" title="Georgians">Georgians</a> </td> <td align="right">5 </td> <td align="right">0.00 </td> <td align="right">25 </td> <td align="right">0.02 </td> <td align="right">16 </td> <td align="right">0.01 </td> <td align="right">22 </td> <td align="right">0.01 </td> <td align="right">17 </td> <td align="right">0.01 </td> <td align="right">57 </td> <td align="right">0.03 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Others </td> <td align="right">151 </td> <td align="right">0.12 </td> <td align="right">235 </td> <td align="right">0.16 </td> <td align="right">179 </td> <td align="right">0.14 </td> <td align="right">448 </td> <td align="right">0.30 </td> <td align="right">285 </td> <td align="right">0.18 </td> <td align="right">337 </td> <td align="right">0.18 </td></tr> <tr> <th>TOTAL </th> <th>138,466 </th> <th>100.00 </th> <th>157,800 </th> <th>100.0 </th> <th>157,807 </th> <th>100.00 </th> <th>125,159 </th> <th>100.00 </th> <th>150,837 </th> <th>100.00 </th> <th>130,406 </th> <th>100.00 </th> <th>150,313 </th> <th>100.00 </th> <th>162,181 </th> <th>100.00 </th> <th>189,085 </th> <th>100.00 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_Secretaries">First Secretaries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: First Secretaries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The First Secretary of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast Committee of the Communist Party of Azerbaijan was the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_Azerbaijan" class="mw-redirect" title="Communist Party of Azerbaijan">Communist Party of Azerbaijan</a>'s head and highest <a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">executive power</a> within the <a href="/wiki/Oblast" title="Oblast">oblast</a>. The position was created in July 1923, and abolished on August 27, 1990. The position of First Secretary was <i>de facto</i> appointed by the <a href="/wiki/Politburo_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">Politburo of the Soviet Union</a> or by the <a href="/wiki/General_Secretary_of_the_Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union">General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union</a>. Below is a list of office-holders: </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th colspan="2">Term of Office </th> <th rowspan="2">Lifespan </th></tr> <tr> <th>Start </th> <th>End </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="4">First Secretaries of the Oblast Committee of the Communist Party </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sero_Manutsyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sero Manutsyan (page does not exist)">Sero Manutsyan</a> </td> <td>July 1923 </td> <td>December 1923 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Akop_Bendzhanyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Akop Bendzhanyan (page does not exist)">Akop Bendzhanyan</a> </td> <td>December 1923 </td> <td>April 1924 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolai_Sarkisov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nikolai Sarkisov (page does not exist)">Nikolai Sarkisov</a> </td> <td>April 1924 </td> <td>October 1924 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hayk_Silanyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hayk Silanyan (page does not exist)">Hayk Silanyan</a> </td> <td>October 1924 </td> <td>1925 </td> <td>?–1938 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Artvazd_Saakyants&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Artvazd Saakyants (page does not exist)">Artvazd Saakyants</a> </td> <td>1925 </td> <td>1929 </td> <td>1895–1939 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M.K._Danilyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="M.K. Danilyan (page does not exist)">M.K. Danilyan</a> </td> <td>1929 </td> <td>December 1929 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ashot_Karamyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ashot Karamyan (page does not exist)">Ashot Karamyan</a> </td> <td>1929 </td> <td>May 1930 </td> <td>1898–? </td></tr> <tr> <td>? </td> <td>May 1930 </td> <td>1937 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mikhail_Manukyants&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mikhail Manukyants (page does not exist)">Mikhail Manukyants</a> </td> <td>1937 </td> <td>1940 </td> <td>1909–1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td>? </td> <td>1940 </td> <td>1942 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yegishe_Grigoryan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yegishe Grigoryan (page does not exist)">Yegishe Grigoryan</a> </td> <td>October 1942 </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>1902–? </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tigran_Grigoryan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tigran Grigoryan (page does not exist)">Tigran Grigoryan</a> </td> <td>1946 </td> <td>? </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yegishe_Grigoryan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yegishe Grigoryan (page does not exist)">Yegishe Grigoryan</a> </td> <td>1952 </td> <td>December 1958 </td> <td>1902–? </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nikolay_Shakhnazarov&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nikolay Shakhnazarov (page does not exist)">Nikolay Shakhnazarov</a> </td> <td>December 1958 </td> <td>October 1962 </td> <td>1908– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gurgen_Melkumyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gurgen Melkumyan (page does not exist)">Gurgen Melkumyan</a> </td> <td>October 1962 </td> <td>June 1973 </td> <td>1915– </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boris_Kevorkov" title="Boris Kevorkov">Boris Kevorkov</a> </td> <td>June 1973 </td> <td>February 24, 1988 </td> <td>1932–1998 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Genrikh_Poghosyan" title="Genrikh Poghosyan">Genrikh Poghosyan</a> </td> <td>February 24, 1988 </td> <td>January 20, 1989 </td> <td>1931–2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vagan_Gabrielyan&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Vagan Gabrielyan (page does not exist)">Vagan Gabrielyan</a> </td> <td>January 20, 1989 </td> <td>August 27, 1990 </td> <td>1936– </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Abolition">Abolition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Abolition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ani_Location_Artsakh_en.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ani_Location_Artsakh_en.gif/220px-Ani_Location_Artsakh_en.gif" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ani_Location_Artsakh_en.gif/330px-Ani_Location_Artsakh_en.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Ani_Location_Artsakh_en.gif/440px-Ani_Location_Artsakh_en.gif 2x" data-file-width="595" data-file-height="387" /></a><figcaption>Location of the Oblast within the area claimed by the Republic of Artsakh.</figcaption></figure> <p>A conflict between the Armenians in the oblast and the government of the Azerbaijan SSR broke out in 1987. The fighting escalated into the <a href="/wiki/First_Nagorno-Karabakh_War" title="First Nagorno-Karabakh War">First Nagorno-Karabakh War</a> by the end of 1991. On 26 November 1991, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Soviet_of_Azerbaijan" title="Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan">Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan</a> <a href="/wiki/Law_on_Abolishment_of_Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast" title="Law on Abolishment of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast">abolished the autonomous status of the oblast</a>. Its internal administrative divisions were also abolished, and its territory was split up and redistributed amongst the neighbouring administrative rayons of <a href="/wiki/Khojavend_District" title="Khojavend District">Khojavend</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tartar_District" title="Tartar District">Tartar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Goranboy_District" title="Goranboy District">Goranboy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shusha_District" title="Shusha District">Shusha</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Kalbajar_District" title="Kalbajar District">Kalbajar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response, the majority Armenian population of the oblast <a href="/wiki/1991_Nagorno-Karabakh_independence_referendum" title="1991 Nagorno-Karabakh independence referendum">declared their independence</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Artsakh" title="Republic of Artsakh">Nagorno-Karabakh Republic</a> which was supported by <a href="/wiki/Armenia" title="Armenia">Armenia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nagorno-Karabakh" title="Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karabakh" title="Karabakh">Karabakh</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist" style="display:inline;"><ul style="display:inline;"><li style="margin-bottom:.5em; display:block;;display:inline; margin:0;"><a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Нагорно-Карабахская автономная область (НКАО)</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Russian" title="Romanization of Russian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Russian-language romanization"><i lang="ru-Latn">Nagorno-Karabakhskaya avtonomnaya oblast'</i></span> (NKAO)</li><li style="margin-bottom:.5em; display:block;;margin-top:.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Azerbaijani_language" title="Azerbaijani language">Azerbaijani</a>: <i lang="az">Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayəti</i> (DQMV)</li><li style="margin-bottom:.5em; display:block;"><a href="/wiki/Armenian_language" title="Armenian language">Armenian</a>: <span lang="hy">Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ (ԼՂԻՄ)</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Armenian" title="Romanization of Armenian">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Armenian-language romanization"><i lang="hy-Latn">Lerrnayin Gharabaghi Ink’navar Marz</i></span> (LGhIM)</li></ul></div></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Until 1936, Azerbaijanis were registered as <i>Tyurki</i>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nagorno-Karabakh_Autonomous_Oblast&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Russian)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnkarabax.html">НАГОРНО-КАРАБАХСКАЯ АО (1989 г.)</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110916085723/http://www.ethno-kavkaz.narod.ru/rnkarabax.html">Archived</a> September 16, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFArdillier-Carras2006" class="citation journal cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Ardillier-Carras, Françoise (2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.persee.fr/doc/bagf_0004-5322_2006_num_83_4_2527">"Sud-Caucase: conflit du Karabagh et nettoyage ethnique"</a> [South Caucasus: Nagorny Karabagh conflict and ethnic cleansing]. <i>Bulletin de l'Association de Géographes Français</i> (in French). <b>83</b> (4): 409–432. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.3406%2Fbagf.2006.2527">10.3406/bagf.2006.2527</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201212051145/https://www.persee.fr/doc/bagf_0004-5322_2006_num_83_4_2527">Archived</a> from the original on December 12, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 13,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Bulletin+de+l%27Association+de+G%C3%A9ographes+Fran%C3%A7ais&rft.atitle=Sud-Caucase%3A+conflit+du+Karabagh+et+nettoyage+ethnique&rft.volume=83&rft.issue=4&rft.pages=409-432&rft.date=2006&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.3406%2Fbagf.2006.2527&rft.aulast=Ardillier-Carras&rft.aufirst=Fran%C3%A7oise&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.persee.fr%2Fdoc%2Fbagf_0004-5322_2006_num_83_4_2527&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.unhcr.org/publications/refugeemag/3b5583fd4/unhcr-publication-cis-conference-displacement-cis-conflicts-caucasus.html">"Conflicts in the Caucasus"</a>. <i>UNHCR publication for CIS Conference (Displacement in the CIS)</i>. <a href="/wiki/United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees" title="United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees</a>. 1996. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200922014455/https://www.unhcr.org/publications/refugeemag/3b5583fd4/unhcr-publication-cis-conference-displacement-cis-conflicts-caucasus.html">Archived</a> from the original on September 22, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 13,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=UNHCR+publication+for+CIS+Conference+%28Displacement+in+the+CIS%29&rft.atitle=Conflicts+in+the+Caucasus&rft.date=1996&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unhcr.org%2Fpublications%2Frefugeemag%2F3b5583fd4%2Funhcr-publication-cis-conference-displacement-cis-conflicts-caucasus.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFYamskov1991" class="citation magazine cs1">Yamskov, A. N. (1991). "Ethnic Conflict in the Transcausasus: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh". <i>Theory and Society</i>. Vol. 20, no. 5. p. 659.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Theory+and+Society&rft.atitle=Ethnic+Conflict+in+the+Transcausasus%3A+The+Case+of+Nagorno-Karabakh&rft.volume=20&rft.issue=5&rft.pages=659&rft.date=1991&rft.aulast=Yamskov&rft.aufirst=A.+N.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://armenian.usc.edu/qa-with-arsene-saparov-no-evidence-that-stalin-gave-karabakh-to-azerbaijan/">"Q&A with Arsène Saparov: No Evidence that Stalin 'Gave' Karabakh to Aхerbaijan"</a>. <i>armenian.usc.edu</i>. December 10, 2018. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201215061933/https://armenian.usc.edu/qa-with-arsene-saparov-no-evidence-that-stalin-gave-karabakh-to-azerbaijan/">Archived</a> from the original on December 15, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 13,</span> 2023</span>. <q>Of all the documents I have seen, there is no direct evidence of Stalin doing or saying something in those 12 days in the summer of 1921 that [resulted in this decision on Karabakh]. A lot of people just assume that since Stalin was an evil person, it would be typical of someone evil to take a decision like that.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=armenian.usc.edu&rft.atitle=Q%26A+with+Ars%C3%A8ne+Saparov%3A+No+Evidence+that+Stalin+%27Gave%27+Karabakh+to+A%D1%85erbaijan&rft.date=2018-12-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farmenian.usc.edu%2Fqa-with-arsene-saparov-no-evidence-that-stalin-gave-karabakh-to-azerbaijan%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-:0-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-:0_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHəmid2020" class="citation web cs1">Həmid, Tural (December 15, 2020). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://azlogos.eu/dagliq-qarabagin-s%c9%99rh%c9%99dl%c9%99ri-nec%c9%99-cizilirdi/">"Dağlıq Qarabağın sərhədləri necə cızılırdı?"</a> [How were the borders of Nagorno-Karabakh drawn?]. <i>Azlogos</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230113131915/https://azlogos.eu/dagliq-qarabagin-s%C9%99rh%C9%99dl%C9%99ri-nec%C9%99-cizilirdi/">Archived</a> from the original on January 13, 2023<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 23,</span> 2022</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Azlogos&rft.atitle=Da%C4%9Fl%C4%B1q+Qaraba%C4%9F%C4%B1n+s%C9%99rh%C9%99dl%C9%99ri+nec%C9%99+c%C4%B1z%C4%B1l%C4%B1rd%C4%B1%3F&rft.date=2020-12-15&rft.aulast=H%C9%99mid&rft.aufirst=Tural&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fazlogos.eu%2Fdagliq-qarabagin-s%25c9%2599rh%25c9%2599dl%25c9%2599ri-nec%25c9%2599-cizilirdi%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Atlas-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Atlas_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Atlas_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><i>Атлас Союза Советских Социалистических Республик</i> [<i>Atlas of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics</i>]. Moscow: Central Executive Committee of the USSR. 1928. <q>The Autonomous Region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which is part of the SSR of Azerbaijan, was formed by the decree of the AzCEC 7 / VI 1923 from Armenian parts of the former Jevanshir, Shulgan, Karyaginsky, and Kubatly uyezds. The territory of the Region is 4.161 sq. km. According to the administrative division on 1 / I of 1927, it is divided into 5 sections or parishes. Its administrative and political center is mountains. Stepanakert (formerly the village of Khankendy). Another city of the Region is Shusha.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%D0%90%D1%82%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81+%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%8E%D0%B7%D0%B0+%D0%A1%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%A1%D0%BE%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85+%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%BF%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BA&rft.pub=Moscow%3A+Central+Executive+Committee+of+the+USSR&rft.date=1928&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2304">"All-Union Population Census of 1926. Ethnic composition of the population by regions of the republics of the USSR"</a>. <i>demoscope.ru</i>. 1926. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201128164406/http://www.demoscope.ru/weekly/ssp/sng_nac_26.php?reg=2304">Archived</a> from the original on November 28, 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 13,</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=demoscope.ru&rft.atitle=All-Union+Population+Census+of+1926.+Ethnic+composition+of+the+population+by+regions+of+the+republics+of+the+USSR&rft.date=1926&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.demoscope.ru%2Fweekly%2Fssp%2Fsng_nac_26.php%3Freg%3D2304&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dewaal-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-dewaal_10-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dewaal_10-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dewaal_10-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dewaal_10-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-dewaal_10-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFde_Waal2003" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_de_Waal" title="Thomas de Waal">de Waal, Thomas</a> (2003). <a href="/wiki/Black_Garden" title="Black Garden"><i>Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War</i></a>. New York and London: <a href="/wiki/New_York_University_Press" title="New York University Press">New York University Press</a>. pp. 3 & 137–140. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8147-1944-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-8147-1944-9"><bdi>0-8147-1944-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Black+Garden%3A+Armenia+and+Azerbaijan+through+Peace+and+War&rft.place=New+York+and+London&rft.pages=3+%26+137-140&rft.pub=New+York+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=0-8147-1944-9&rft.aulast=de+Waal&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sanjian-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sanjian_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSanjian2021" class="citation web cs1">Sanjian, Ara (January 6, 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://entriessas.com/articles/armenian-diaspora/#_ftnref25">"The Armenian Diasporan Press on Mountainous Karabagh, 1923-1985"</a>. <i>entriessas.com</i>. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 21,</span> 2021</span>. <q>This 'silence' was only broken in the Diaspora with the publication of Yerevan-based novelist Sero Khanzadyan's open letter to the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev in 1977, demanding Mountainous Karabagh's annexation to Soviet Armenia.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=entriessas.com&rft.atitle=The+Armenian+Diasporan+Press+on+Mountainous+Karabagh%2C+1923-1985&rft.date=2021-01-06&rft.aulast=Sanjian&rft.aufirst=Ara&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fentriessas.com%2Farticles%2Farmenian-diaspora%2F%23_ftnref25&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANagorno-Karabakh+Autonomous+Oblast" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-welt-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-welt_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-welt_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCory_D.2004" class="citation book cs1">Cory D., Welt (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://home.gwu.edu/~cwelt/ExplainingEthnicConflict_Welt.pdf"><i>Explaining ethnic conflict in the South Caucasus: Mountainous Karabagh, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <a href="/wiki/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology" title="Massachusetts Institute of Technology">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>. p. 77. <a href="/wiki/OCLC_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="OCLC (identifier)">OCLC</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/59823134">59823134</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220911110408/https://home.gwu.edu/~cwelt/ExplainingEthnicConflict_Welt.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on September 11, 2022. <q>Out of a population of approximately 20,000, at least several hundred were killed; the rest were forced to flee. 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