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Artsakh



Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ

Հայերեն Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ - Արցախ

Լեռնային Ղարաբաղը կամ Արցախը[1] անկախ, ինքնիշխան և իրավական պետություն է Անդրկովկասում[2]։ Արևմուտքից սահմանակցում է Հայաստանի Հանրապետությանը, հարավից՝ Իրանին, իսկ արևելքից և հյուսիսից՝ Ադրբեջանին։ Մայրաքաղաքը Ստեփանակերտն է։ Մշակութային կենտրոնը Շուշի բերդաքաղաքն է։

Լեռնային Ղարաբաղը պատմականորեն կազմում է Մեծ Հայքի Արցախ նահանգը։ Իր աշխարհագրական և քաղաքական դիրքով Արցախը կարևոր դեր է խաղացել Հայոց պատմության մեջ։ Հայ մեծանուն պատմաբան Լեոն Արցախը համեմատել է «հսկայական միջնաբերդի» հետ, առանց որի «անհնար է երևակայել Հայաստանի սրտի, այն է՝ Արարատյան երկրի պաշտպանությունը»[3]։

Այժմ Արցախը կայացել է որպես երկրորդ հայկական պետություն։ Այդպիսով ներկայիս Հայաստանը բաղկացած է Հայաստանի Հանրապետությունից (ՀՀ) և Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետությունից (ԼՂՀ)։

Azərbaycan Dağlıq Qarabağ - Dağlıq Qarabağ Respublikası

Dağlıq Qarabağ, Azərbaycannın qərb hissəsində Ermənistan və İranla sərhəd bölgə, Ermənistan tərəfindən işğal olunub. Azərbaycanlıların və ermənilərin kompakt yaşadığı bölgədir. Erməni dilli ədəbiyyatlarda adı Arsax kimi işlənir.

English Artsakh - Republic of Artsakh

The Republic of Artsakh or Artsakh Republic (Արցախի Հանրապետություն Arts'akhi Hanrapetut’yun)[4] is a de facto independent republic located in the South Caucasus region of Asia. It controls most of the territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.[5]

The predominantly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh became disputed between Armenia and Azerbaijan when both countries gained independence from the Russian Empire in 1918. After the Soviet Union established control over the area, in 1923 it formed the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) within the Azerbaijan SSR. In the final years of the Soviet Union, the region re-emerged as a source of dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan, culminating in a large ethnic conflict and, eventually, in the Nagorno-Karabakh War that was fought from 1991 to 1994.

On December 10, 1991, as the Soviet Union was dissolving, a referendum held in the NKAO and in the neighboring Shahumyan region resulted in a declaration of independence from Azerbaijan as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. The country remains unrecognized by any UN member state, including Armenia. Only Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, all of which are non-UN member states, recognize Artsakh.

From the ceasefire in 1994 till the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war, most of Nagorno-Karabakh and several regions of Azerbaijan around it were under joint Armenian and Artsakh military control. Representatives of the governments of Armenia and Azerbaijan have held peace talks mediated by the OSCE Minsk Group. The areas surrounding Nagorno-Karabakh and parts of the NKAO, especially in the south (Hadrut, Tugh, Shusha, etc.) came under Azerbaijani control during and/or after the 2020 war.


Short name  Artsakh
Official name Republic of Artsakh
Status Independent country since 1991, unrecognized
Location Southern Caucasus
Capital Stepanakert[6]
Population 148,000 inhabitants
Area 11.458 square kilometres (4.424 sq mi)
Major languages Armenian
Major religions Armenian Apostolic Church
More information Artsakh, Geography of Artsakh, History of Artsakh and Politics of Artsakh
More images Artsakh - Artsakh (Category).

General maps

Map of Artsakh, 1994-2020
Map of Artsakh, 1994-2020
Location of Artsakh in the Caucasus region
Artsakh in the Caucasus region

Maps of divisions

This section holds maps of the administrative divisions.

Provinces of Artsakh before 12/2020 (with the names of historical counties):
  1. Mardakert (Jraberd)
  2. Askeran (Khachen)
  3. Stepanakert
  4. Martuni (Varanda)
  5. Shushi
  6. Hadrut (Dizak)
  7. Qashatag
  8. Shahumyan (Gyulistan)

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Nagorno-Karabakh, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Nagorno-Karabakh.

Antiquity

Artsakh within Orontid Armenia, 4th-2nd century BC
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom in 95 BC
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom in 80 BC
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom in 70 BC
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom in 50 AD
Artsakh in Arsacid Armenia, 1st-4th centuries AD
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom in 250 AD
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom in 300 AD
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom in 385 AD
Artsakh within Armenian Kingdom, 4th century
Caucasian Albania and its neighbors, until 387 AD

Middle Ages

Artsakh within Sassanid Empire in 565 AD
Artsakh and Utik, until 591 AD
Artsakh within Umayyad Caliphate in 750 AD
Artsakh and Syunik, until the 9th century AD
Artsakh in 850 AD
Artsakh in 900 AD
Artsakh in Bagratid Armenia, 9th-11th centuries
Artsakh in Bagratid Armenia, 962-1064
Artsakh in 1000 AD
Artsakh in 1060 AD
Artsakh in 1090 AD
Artsakh within Georgia in 1122-1125 AD
Artsakh within Georgia in 1122-1125 AD
Artsakh within Georgia in 1124 AD
Artsakh within Georgia in 1184-1230 AD
Artsakh in Zakarid Armenia, 12th-13th centuries
Artsakh within Georgia in 1213 AD
Artsakh within Mongolian Empire in 1220-1245 AD
Artsakh within Mongolian Empire in 1245 AD
Artsakh within Ilkhanate in 1311 AD
Artsakh within Jalayirid Sultanate in 1380 AD
Artsakh within Timurid Empire in 1405 AD
Principalities of Karabakh, 16 century

Early modern history

Karabakh Khanate, 18th century
Armenian autonomy in Karabakh, 18th-19th century
Karabakh Khanate, 18th-19th century
Karabakh Khanate, 19th century
Karabakh Khanate, 19th century
Karabakh within Russian Empire in 1805
Ethnic composition of Elisabethpol province, 1897

Early 20th century

Ethnic Armenians in 1914
Democratic Republic of Armenia, 1918-1920
Democratic Republic of Armenia, 1919
Proposed borders of Armenia, 1920
Treaty of Kars, 1921
Kurdistan Uyezd (Red Kurdistan, Kurdistan Autonomous Province) and Nagorno-Karabakh in the Soviet Caucasus, 1923-1929
Kurdistani District (Red Kurdistan) and Nagorno-Karabakh in the Soviet Caucasus, 1930
Artsakh in the Soviet-Caucasus, 1923-1988
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, 1957-1991
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, 1957-1991
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, 1989
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

Modern history

Subdivisions in 1991

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

A map of the Caucasus, London 1770
Map of the Caucasus, The Caucasus, Ivan Golovin, 1854
Map of Great Armenia, 1869
Russian map of Karabakh, 1890-1906

Ethnic maps

  Ethnic map of Nagorno-Karabakh

Regions

  Historical Syunik

Politics

  Historical regions of Armenia

Notes and references

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  1. Ըստ սահմանադրության Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Հանրապետություն և Արցախի Հանրապետություն անվանումները նույնական են։ ԼՂՀ սահմանադրություն, 1.2 archive copy at the Wayback Machine։
  2. ԼՂՀ սահմանադրություն, 1.1 archive copy at the Wayback Machine։
  3. Լեո, «Հայոց պատմություն», Երկերի ժողովածու, հատոր 2, Երևան - 1973, էջ 32-33։
  4. Constitution of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Chapter 1, article 1.2. Archived from the original on 2013-01-29. Retrieved on 2011-03-09.
  5. Official website of the President of the Nagorno Karabakh Republic. General Information about NKR
  6. Stepanakert is officially known as Xankəndi in Azerbaijan, transliterated as Khankendi)

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