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Encyclopedia > Karabakh
For the horse, see Karabakh horse.

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Early History
Artsakh
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Persian Rule
Karabakh Khanate
Imperial Russian Rule
Early 20th Century
History (1915-1921)
Sovietization
Soviet Rule
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
Independence
Nagorno-Karabakh War
Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh

Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Qarabağ, Armenian: Ղարաբաղ) is a geographic and historic region in western Azerbaijan and southern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Aras. It includes three regions: Nagorno-Karabakh, Lowland Karabakh (the southern Kura-steppes) and Syunik[1][2][3]. Artsakh (Armenian - Արցախ, Azeri - Ərsak Russian - Арцах) is a historical Armenian name of the province of ancient Greater Armenia, that covered what is now mostly Nagorno-Karabakh. ... The Karabakh khanate (QarabaÄŸ xanlığı in Azeri) was a Persian ruled[1] feudal state that existed in 1748-1822 in the present-day Nagorno-Karabakh and adjacent lowland areas. ... The history of Nagorno-Karabakh (1915-1923) refers to the transitional period of the end of the First World War in the Russian Empires Caucasian provinces of Armenia, Azerbaijan, the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh to the Sovietization phase of the region that followed after the Bolsheviks took power in... The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union created in the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923. ... Combatants Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh1 Republic of Armenia 2 CIS mercenaries Republic of Azerbaijan Afghan Mujahideen 3 Chechen Volunteers 4 CIS mercenaries Commanders Samvel Babayan, Hemayag Haroyan, Monte Melkonian, Vazgen Sargsyan, Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan Ä°sgandar Hamidov, Suret Huseynov, Rahim Gaziev, Shamil Basayev Casualties 6,000 dead, 25,000 wounded 17... Anthem: Azat ou Ankakh Artsakh (Free and Independent Artsakh) Capital Stepanakert (Khankendi) Armenian Government Unrecognized  - President Arkady Ghoukasyan  - Prime Minister Anushavan Danielyan Independence from Azerbaijan   - Referendum December 10, 1991   - Proclaimed January 6, 1992   - Recognition none[1]  Area  - Total 4,400 km² 1,699 sq mi  Population  - 2002 estimate 145,000... Lesser Caucasus (Azeri: Kiçik Qafqaz DaÄŸları, Georgian: მცირე კავკასიონი, Russian: , sometimes translated as Caucasus Minor) is one of the two main mountain ranges of Caucasus mountains, of length about 600 km. ... Mtkvari (Kura) River near Old Town, Tbilisi Kura (Georgian მტკვარი - Mtkvari, Azerbaijani Kür) is a river in the Caucasus Mountains. ... The Aras (also known as Araks, Arax, Araxi, Araxes, Araz, or Yeraskh; Armenian: , Persian: , Turkish: , Azerbaijani: , Kurdish: ; Russian: ) is a river located in and along the countries of Turkey, Armenia, Iran, and Azerbaijan. ... Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ or Yuxarı Qarabağ, literally mountainous black garden or upper black garden; Russian: Нагорный Карабах, translit. ... This article is about the ecological zone type. ... Syunik (also called Siunik or Syunia) is one of the provinces (marz) of Armenia. ...

Karabakh region. Old Russian map from ESBE.
Karabakh region. Old Russian map from ESBE.

The word "Karabakh" originates from Turkic and Persian, literally meaning "black garden".[4] The placename first appears in Georgian and Persian sources in the 13th and 14th centuries.[5] Before the 1230's, when the region was conquered by the Mongols and became known as Karabakh, it was known as Artsakh and Utik, two historic regions of Armenia and Caucasian Albania.[6] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Title pages of «Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary» Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (35 volumes, small; 86 volumes, large) is, in its scope and style, the Russian counterpart to the 1911 Britannica. ... The Turkic languages are a group of closely related languages that are spoken by a variety of people distributed across a vast area from Eastern Europe to Siberia and Western China. ... Farsi redirects here. ... For other uses, see Mongols (disambiguation). ... Artsakh (Armenian - Արցախ, Azeri - Ərsak Russian - Арцах) is a historical Armenian name of the province of ancient Greater Armenia, that covered what is now mostly Nagorno-Karabakh. ... Utik (Armenian: also known as Uti, Utiq, or Outi, or Otena in Latin sources) was a historic province of the Kingdom of Armenia and Caucasian Albania. ... Ancient countries of Caucasus: Armenia, Iberia, Colchis and Albania Caucasian Albania (or Aghbania) was an ancient kingdom that covered what is now southern Dagestan and most of present-day Azerbaijan. ...


The highland part of the region became known as Mountainous or Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ, Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ), and was for ages ruled by Armenian princely dinasties[7]. On a part of Nagorno-Karabakh an autonomous oblast was establishmed within the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923[8]. This region declared its independence in 1991 as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which remains unrecognized worldwide. Portions of lowland Karabakh have been controlled by Armenian forces since the Nagorno-Karabakh War ended in 1994 [9]. Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ or Yuxarı Qarabağ, literally mountainous black garden or upper black garden; Russian: Нагорный Карабах, translit. ... The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was an autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union created in the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923. ... State motto: Бүтүн өлкәләрин пролетарлары, бирләшин! Workers of the world, unite! Official language None. ... Year 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar. ... Nagorno Karabakh Republic (Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետություն), historically known as Artsakh (Armenian: Արցախ), is a region of former Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, in southern Caucasia, located about 270 km (about 170 mi) west of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. ... Combatants Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh1 Republic of Armenia 2 CIS mercenaries Republic of Azerbaijan Afghan Mujahideen 3 Chechen Volunteers 4 CIS mercenaries Commanders Samvel Babayan, Hemayag Haroyan, Monte Melkonian, Vazgen Sargsyan, Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan Ä°sgandar Hamidov, Suret Huseynov, Rahim Gaziev, Shamil Basayev Casualties 6,000 dead, 25,000 wounded 17... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ...


The Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh and Syunik speak the Karabakh dialect [10]. The Armenians are a nation and an ethnic group, originating in the Caucasus and eastern Asia Minor. ...


References

  1. ^ Arakel Babakhanian, Collection of Works, volume 3, History of Armena. Book 2. "Hayastan" publishing, Yerevan 1973, p. 9.
  2. ^ Bagrat Ulubabyan, Survival struggle of Artsakh, Yerevan 1993, p. 3. ISBN 5-8079-0869-4.
  3. ^ Mirza Jamal Javanshir Karabagi. The History of Karabakh. Chapter 2: About the borders, old cities, population aggregates and rivers of the Karabakh region.
  4. ^ BBC News — Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh
  5. ^ (Armenian) Soviet Armenian Encyclopedia, The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Vol. 7, Yerevan 1981. p. 26
  6. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, "NKAO, Historial Survey", 3rd edition, translated into English, New York: Macmillan Inc., 1973
  7. ^ Andrew Andersen, Atlas of Conflicts: Armenia and Karabakh. Armenian Lands (1236-1600)
  8. ^ Andrew Andersen, Atlas of Conflicts: Armenia and Karabakh. The Treaty of Kars
  9. ^ US State Department - 1993 UN Security Council Resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh
  10. ^ H. Petrosian, S. Galstian, T. Karagulian, Linguistic dictionary. Armenian SSR Academy of Sciences, Language Institute named after H. Acharian, Yerevan 1975, p. 204.
Arakel Grigori Babakhanian (Armenian: , commonly known as Leo (Armenian: ); November 26 [O.S. November 14] 1860 – November 14, 1932) was an Armenian historian, publicist, writer, critic and professor of Yerevan State University (from 1925). ... Bagrat Arshaki Ulubabyan (; December 9, 1925 – November 19, 2001) was an Armenian writer and historian, known most prominently for his work on the histories of Nagorno-Karabakh and Artsakh. ...

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