Kurdish Republic of Lachin

Kurdish Republic of Lachin
Komara kurdî ya Laçînê
1992
Flag of Kurdish Republic of Lachin
Flag
Kurdish Republic of Lachin in 1992
Kurdish Republic of Lachin in 1992
CapitalLachin
GovernmentRepublic
• President
Wekîl Mustafayev
History 
• Established
20 May 1992
• Disestablished
late 1992
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Azerbaijan
Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Today part ofAzerbaijan

The Kurdish Republic of Lachin (Kurmanji Kurdish: Komara kurdî ya Laçînê; Sorani Kurdish: کۆماری کوردیی لاچین)) was a short-lived unrecognized state declared by Kurdish nationalists on the territory of the former Kurdistan Uezd[1] in 1992, during the First Nagorno-Karabakh War, and dissolved in the same year.

  1. ^ "Reviving a Forgotten Threat: The PKK in Nagorno-Karabakh". Retrieved 25 October 2023.