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Artsakh (/ ˈ ɑːr t s ɑː x,-s æ x / ART-sa(h)kh), officially the Republic of Artsakh [d] or the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh (/ n ə ˌ ɡ ɔːr n oʊ k ər ə ˈ b ɑː k / nə-GOR-noh kər-ə-BAHK), [e] [7] was a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory was internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan.
The lands of Syunik (left) and Artsakh (right) until the early 9th century. Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախ, romanized: Artsʻakh, pronounced [ɑɾˈtsʰɑχ]) was the tenth province (nahang) of the Kingdom of Armenia from c. 189 BC until 387 AD and afterwards made part of the Caucasian Albania, a subject principality of the Sasanian Empire, following the Peace of Acilisene.
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 of Nagorno-Karabakh
On 29 September, Samvel Shahramanyan, president of the breakaway Republic of Artsakh, signed a decree to dissolve all state institutions of Artsakh beginning at the start of 2024. [167] On 3 October, the number of refugees fleeing Artsakh to Armenia reached 100,617, which was the majority of the region's population. [168]
This is a timeline of Artsakh's history, representing territorial control under three columns: Realm The highest level of authority. State The state or administrative unit that the region of Artsakh belonged to. Artsakh Geopolitical entity in Artsakh proper (Mountainous Karabakh).
Artsakh's most well-known example of embedded khachkars—where khachkars standing next to each other form some kind of hooded iconostas-in-stone—is the Bri Yeghtze Monastery (Armenian: Բռի Եղծէ Վանք), in the historical country of Varanda (Armenian: Վարանդա, presently in the Martuni District of the Republic of Artsakh).
The Kingdom of Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախի թագավորություն) was a medieval dependent Armenian kingdom on the territory of Syunik and Artsakh provinces, Gardman canton of Utik province, Mazaz and Varazhnunik canton of Ayrarat province. [3] Contemporary sources referred to it as the Khachen.
The Artsakh Defense Army (sometimes also known as Artsakh Self-Defense Army) was officially established on May 9, 1992 as the formal defense force of the unrecognized Republic of Artsakh, uniting previously disorganized self-defense units which were formed in the early 1990s in order to protect the ethnic Armenian population of Artsakh from the attacks by the military of the Soviet and ...