Nagorno-Karabakh
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Nagorno-Karabakh is a region in
Azerbaijan , covering the southeastern stretch of the
Lesser Caucasus mountain range. Part of the greater region of
Karabakh , it spans the area between Lower Karabakh and
Syunik . Its terrain mostly consists of mountains and forestland.
Most of Nagorno-Karabakh was governed by ethnic Armenians under the breakaway Republic of Artsakh —also known as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR)—from the end of the first Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenia and Azerbaijan in 1994 to the announcement of the dissolution of the republic in September 2023. Representatives from the two sides held numerous inconclusive peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group regarding the region’s disputed status, with its majority-Armenian population over time variously advocating either for Artsakh’s independence from both states or for its integration into Armenia.Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast , comprising 4,400 square kilometres (1,700 sq mi); however, the region’s historical extent encompasses approximately 8,223 square kilometres (3,175 sq mi).
Parliament on Renaissance Square in Stepanakert © flickr.com - Govorkov/cc-by-2.0
On 27 September 2020, the
Second Nagorno-Karabakh War broke out with an Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh and the surrounding territories. Azerbaijan made significant gains during the war, regaining all of the
occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh and capturing one-third of Nagorno-Karabakh, including
Shusha and
Hadrut . The war ended on 10 November 2020 when
a trilateral ceasefire agreement was signed between Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Russia, under which all the remaining occupied territories surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh were formally returned to Azerbaijani control. The Republic of Artsakh became an isolated
rump state connected with Armenia only by a narrow
Russian-controlled corridor .
On 19 September 2023, after
a blockade lasting several months, Azerbaijan launched a fresh large-scale
military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Artsakh forces collapsed rapidly, resulting in an Azerbaijani victory, the dissolution of the Republic of Artsakh, the
exodus of almost the entire Armenian population from the region and the entry of Azerbaijani security forces into the former Artsakh capital of
Stepanakert , known as Khankendi by Azerbaijan. On 1 January 2024, the Republic of Artsakh was formally dissolved.
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