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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.
Main cities and towns in Artsakh Ethnic composition of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast in 1989, based on: Arthur Tsutsiev, Atlas of Ethno-Political History of the Caucasus, 1774-2004, Europa: Moscow, 2006. [5] Map of Nagorno-Karabakh, with Stepanakert in the center.
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 ...
On 3 November 2006, the then-president of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Arkadi Ghukasyan, signed a decree to hold a referendum on a draft Nagorno-Karabakh constitution. [79] It was held on 10 December of the same year and according to official preliminary results, with a turnout of 87.2%, [ citation needed ] as many as 98.6 per cent of voters ...
Provides an overview of Nagorno-Karabakh, and key facts about this former territory in the Caucasus.
An enlargeable topographic map of the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The Republic of Artsakh was a de facto independent country, but it was internationally recognized as a part of the Republic of Azerbaijan [1] Location: Eurasia. Caucasus (between Europe and Asia) South Caucasus; Time zone: Armenia Time, UTC+04:00; Area of Artsakh: 4,400 km 2; Atlas ...
Nagorno-Karabakh, known as Artsakh by Armenians, is a mountainous region within Azerbaijan that is internationally recognised as part of that country. Explainer-Nagorno-Karabakh: tensions between ...
Azerbaijan regained control of its breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh in a deadly two-day military offensive and held initial talks with representatives of its ethnic Armenian population on ...