Located in the Armenian highlands, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic has an area of 4500 square meters.kilometers.
Karabakh conflict, which has become the cause of hatred and mutual hostility between the once-friendly nations, rooted in the twenties of the last century.That's when the Nagorno Karabakh Republic, called today - Artsakh has become a bone of contention between Armenia and Azerbaijan.
Even before the October Revolution, the two republics, drawn into the Karabakh conflict with neighboring Georgia were involved in territorial disputes.In the spring of 1920 the current Azerbaijanis, who called Russian "Caucasian Tatars", with the support of the Turkish invaders massacred the Armenians, who at the time was 94% of the total population of Artsakh.The main blow fell on the administrative center - the city of Shusha, which was cut more than 25 thousand people.The Armenian part of the city was razed to the ground.
But Azerbaijanis lost: killing of Armenians by destroying Shusha, they became masters, and even in the region got completely destroyed economy, is needed to restore more than a dozen years.
Bolsheviks, not wanting full-scale buildup of hostilities, recognize Artsakh as a part of Armenia with two areas - Zangezur and Nakhichevan.
However, Joseph Stalin, who at that time held the post of People's Commissar of National Affairs, under the pressure of Baku and the then leader of the Turks - Atatürk forced to change the status of the republic and passes it to Azerbaijan.
This decision causes uproar and indignation among the Armenian population.In fact, it is provoked the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
Since then, it took almost a hundred years.In subsequent years, Artsakh, being a part of Azerbaijan, secretly continued to fight for their independence.In Moscow, sent a letter, which said the attempts of official Baku to erase from this mountainous republic of All Armenians, however, all these complaints and requests for reunification with Armenia, the answer was the same: "socialist internationalism".
Karabakh conflict, the causes of which lie in the violation of people's right to self-determination emerged against the backdrop of a very alarming situation.With respect to the Armenians in 1988 he began an open policy of eviction.The situation is tense.
Meanwhile, official Baku has developed a plan that was to be "settled" Karabakh conflict: in Sumgait city in one night have been cut all the Armenians living.
simultaneously in Yerevan began a multimillion-dollar rallies, the main requirement of which was to consider the possibility of entering Karabakh from Azerbaijan, the answers to which were shares in Kirovabad.
It was at this time in the Soviet Union were the first refugees that are in a panic to leave their homes.
Thousands of people, mostly elderly, came to Armenia, where the entire territory for them were created by the camp.
Karabakh conflict gradually escalated into a real war.In Armenia, created teams of volunteers were sent from Azerbaijan to Karabakh regular troops.In the Republic of famine.
In 1992, the Armenians seized Lachin - a corridor between Armenia and Artsakh, putting an end to the blockade of the republic.However, it was captured significant territory and in Azerbaijan.
unrecognized Republic of Artsakh after the collapse of the USSR held a referendum in which it was decided to declare its independence.
in 1994 in Bishkek with the participation of Russia signed a tripartite agreement on the cessation of hostilities.
Karabakh conflict, and to this day is one of the most tragic pages of reality.That is why it is trying to resolve peacefully both Russia and the entire world community.
