In 1988, Armenia became involved in a territorial dispute with Azerbaijan over the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh. The majority of the enclave consisted of Armenian Christians who wanted to secede from Azerbaijan and either become part of Armenia or gain full independence. War ensued between Armenia an...
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...
In February 1988 there were impressive demonstrations in Yerevan and Stepanakert (the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian enclave in Azerbaijan) requesting the reunification of Karabakh with Armenia on the basis of self-determination rights. Following these demonstrations, on 28 May 1988, the ...
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...
institute of Armenia. In this brief text the author speaks ofthe Hindu-Brahmans with great warmth and depicts them as honest,industrious and peace-loving people.The Indo-Armenian community in India had produced a number of leadingbarristers, solicitors and advocates, including members of the ...
although the Baltic states were annexed by the Soviet Union in 1940. Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan were established as independent states in the Caucasus region. In 1922 these countries were proclaimed as Soviet Republics, and eventually absorbed into the Soviet Union. However, Turkey had by th...
The self-proclaimed republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia continue to be source of conflict, but negotiations on their status is ongoing and virtually no military action has taken place since 1993. National Identity. The development of the nation is linked to the attempt to unite Georgia ...
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...