The area today known as Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh) was originally one of the three main ancient provinces of Armenia. Armenians remain in control of the Soviet-era autonomous region, and a strip of land called the Lachin corridor linking it with the Republic of Armenia; as well as the so-called 'security zone'—strips of territory along the region's borders that had been used by Azerbaijani artillery during the war. : сборник документов и материалов. This is a timeline of Artsakh's history, representing territorial control under three columns: . The solution of the Karabakhian problem was dragged out rather calculating on the development of the military-political situation that would be favourable for Azerbaijan, therefore the change of the ethnic structure of Nagorno-Karabakh. From late 1991 to mid-1992, Azeri forces also bombed various cities in Artsakh. Moscow intervened only after there were almost no Armenian population left in Baku, sending army troops, who violently suppressed the Azerbaijan Popular Front (APF) and installed Mutalibov as president. Нагорный Карабах в 1918–1923 гг. June 1992 – September 1993 he was the escalation of the conflict", "Defense ministry confirms illegal arms transfer to Armenia". [1] Under Russian and Soviet rule, the region came to be known as Nagorno-Karabakh, meaning "Mountainous Karabakh" in Russian. The conflict has roots going back over a century. The name Karabakh itself (derived from Turkic and Persian, and meaning "Black Vineyard") was first encountered in Georgianand Persian sources from the 13th and 14t… But after doing so, he then urged Armenians to abandon Artsakh and move instead to northern Persia or Baku instead. "Нагорно-Карабахская Автономная Область". To access it, one has to go through Armenia. On April 23, in Shusha the Fifth Congress was convened which rejected the Schatelwort's demands. Under Russian and Soviet rule, the region came to be known as Nagorno-Karabakh, meaning "Mountainous Karabakh" in Russian. [20], Armenian historian Faustus of Byzantium wrote that during an epoch of the upheavals which followed the intrusion of the Persians into Armenia (about 370), Artsakh was among the provinces risen in revolt, whereas Utik has been seized by the Caucasus Albanians. : сборник документов и материалов. 2, д. Similarly, Robert Hewsen in the earlier work[6] and Soviet historiography[7][8] date inclusion of Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia to the 2nd century BC. As a result of the 2020 war, all surrounding territories and some areas within Nagorno-Karabakh were retrieved by Azerbaijan, yet the final status of the region is still a subject of negotiations between Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Iran and Turkey warned the Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians to cease the offensive operations that threatened to spill over into foreign territory. Meliks ruled principalities called Melikdoms, and according to Brief History of Artsakh, in 1735, five Melikdoms joined forces to form one political-administrative entity known as the Khamsa Melikdoms. Нагорный Карабах в 1918–1923 гг. After the Russian Revolution in 1917, Artsakh joined the Transcaucasian Federation, which broke up the following year into the republics of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. To find out whether Nagorno-Karabgh would be able to defend its independence in case of war, at the Congress the Commission was established which came to the conclusion, that the Karabakhians would not be able to do so. The troops reportedly killed 122 Azerbaijanis in what is known as Black January in quelling the uprising, and Gorbachev denounced the APF for striving to establish an Islamic Republic. the Armenian host, possessed absolute power. In the beginning of June Sultanov has tried to borrow the Armenian quarters of Shusha, attacked positions of Armenians and has organized pogroms the Armenian villages. During the Urartian era (9-6th cc. [81] According to Greater Soviet Encyclopedia, during military events 20% of the population of the Nagorno-Karabakh were lost, (that at absolute calculation gives up to 30 thousand persons); mainly Armenians (which 94% of the population of area in general ade)[82][83] Undeterred, the people of Artsakh voted overwhelmingly (99%) for independence in the referendum of December 10, 1991, although notably, no Azeris took part. : сборник документов и материалов. [19] Artsakh lies significantly to the south of this river. 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