On March 12, 1922, the Soviets joined Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan to form the Transcaucasian Soviet Socialist Republic, which became part of the USSR. In 1936, after a reorganization, Armenia became a separate constituent republic of the USSR. Armenia declared its independence from the ...
I offer first a brief analysis of the Soviet system of shaping and controlling the socialization of Azerbaijani historians. Then I explore the main dilemmas for nation-building in Azerbaijan arising in the post-Soviet period, which are complicated by military conflict with neighboring Armenia over ...
Caught in the middle of these warring powers, some Armenians were deported by the Ottomans to Constantinople from Tabriz, Karabagh, and Nakhichevan and others, by the Iranians, to Iranian Azerbaijan from Van. To replace them, Sultan Selim and his successors settled Kurdish tribes in Armenia, a...
Azerbaijan is on the western shore of the Caspian Sea. To the north it borders the Russian Federation, in the northwest Georgia, in the west Armenia, and in the south Iran. Half the country is covered by mountains. Eight large rivers flow down from the Caucasus ranges into the Kura-Araz...
During the summer of 1988, mass demonstrations continued, followed by general strikes. In November 1988, Armenians were subjected to further massacres in Azerbaijan, leading to massive refugee problems. Emergency measures were established in both republics and Azerbaijan began a blockade of Armenia. ...
the site was within the borders of the Shulaveri-Shomutepe Culture, who inhabited what is today western Azerbaijan, northern Armenia and southeasternGeorgia. This is the earliest current evidence of 100-percent grape wine to date, though McGovern says: "We need to analyze other samples from nei...
this war that will have long-term effects on the small Republic of Armenia (population three million) and the relationships it will be able to maintain with its neighbors, in particular the Republic of Azerbaijan (population ten million) and the Republic of Turkey (population eighty-four million...
The formation of feudal relations in Transcaucasia was accompanied by the struggle of the peoples of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia against foreign aggressors: Iran, the Byzantine Empire, the Seljuk Turks, and the Arabian Caliphate. In Armenia early feudal relations arose in the first half of...
By the sixteenth century, Greater Armenia had been absorbed into the Iranian and Ottoman empires. This is the source of the division of Armenia into two cultural and linguistic halves: eastern and western. Today two dialects have been standardized: one for the Eastern and one for the Western ...
Iran, also known also asPersia, is located in West Asia (the Middle East). Its neighbors are Turkey and Iraq to the west,Armenia, Azerbaijan, andTurkmenistanto the north, and Afghanistan and Pakistan to the south. In the south, Iran has access to the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman...