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The region of Nagorno-Karabakh, located between the Kura and Araxes rivers, was once occupied by the people known to modern archaeologists as the Kura-Araxes.Little is known about the ancient history of the region, primarily because of a scarcity of historical sources.
Nagorno-Karabakh (/ n ə ˌ ɡ ɔːr n oʊ k ər ə ˈ b ɑː k / ⓘ, nə-GOR-noh kər-ə-BAHK; [3] lit. ' Upper Karabakh ') is a region in Azerbaijan, covering the southeastern stretch of the Lesser Caucasus mountain range.
The First Nagorno-Karabakh War, also known as the Artsakh Liberation War in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, was an armed conflict that took place in the late 1980s to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the ...
Under the Soviet Union, Nagorno-Karabakh became an autonomous region within the republic of Azerbaijan. FIRST KARABAKH WAR As the Soviet Union crumbled, the First Karabakh War (1988-1994) erupted ...
History of Nagorno-Karabakh; A. Armenian–Azerbaijani war (1918–1920) Artsakh liberation struggle (1724–1731) D. ... Timeline of Artsakh history; Treaty of ...
This is an account of engagements which occurred during the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, primarily based on announcements from the belligerents.The war has been characterized by the use of armoured warfare; drone warfare, [1] especially the use of Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 and Israeli loitering munition Harop drones; [2] heavy artillery; rocket attacks; and trench warfare.
The self-declared republic of Nagorno-Karabakh will cease to exist from next year after its president signed a decree dissolving state institutions following its defeat by Azerbaijan.
Ethnic Armenian fighters in Nagorno-Karabakh agreed to lay down their arms after Azerbaijan launched a brief but bloody military offensive on Tuesday, handing a boost to Azerbaijan as it seeks to ...