| Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast | |||||||||||
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| Autonomous oblast of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic | |||||||||||
| 1923–1991 | |||||||||||
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| Capital | Stepanakert | ||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||
• 1989[1] | 4,388 km2 (1,694 sq mi) | ||||||||||
| Population | |||||||||||
• 1989[1] | 189,085 | ||||||||||
| • Type | Autonomous Oblast | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Established | 7 July 1923 | ||||||||||
• Abolished | 26 November 1991 | ||||||||||
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The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO)[a] was an autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic that was created on July 7, 1923. Its capital was the city of Stepanakert. The majority of the population were ethnic Armenians.[2][3][4]
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- ^ Ardillier-Carras, Françoise (2006). "Sud-Caucase: conflit du Karabagh et nettoyage ethnique" [South Caucasus: Nagorny Karabagh conflict and ethnic cleansing]. Bulletin de l'Association de Géographes Français (in French). 83 (4): 409–432. doi:10.3406/bagf.2006.2527. Archived from the original on December 12, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ "Conflicts in the Caucasus". UNHCR publication for CIS Conference (Displacement in the CIS). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. 1996. Archived from the original on September 22, 2020. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
- ^ Yamskov, A. N. (1991). "Ethnic Conflict in the Transcausasus: The Case of Nagorno-Karabakh". Theory and Society. Vol. 20, no. 5. p. 659.
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