Karabakh

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This article is part of the series on: History of Nagorno-Karabakh

Early History

Artsakh

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Persian Rule

Karabakh Khanate

Imperial Russian Rule

Early 20th Century

History (1915-1921)

Sovietization

Soviet Rule

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

Independence

Nagorno-Karabakh War

Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh

Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Qarabağ, Armenian: Ղարաբաղ) is a region in Azerbaijan, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Aras. The highland part of the region became known as Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ, Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ), following the establishment of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast within the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923. This region declared its independence in 1991 as the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, which remains unrecognized worldwide. Portions of lowland Karabakh have been controlled by Armenian forces since the Nagorno-Karabakh War ended in 1993 ^[1].

The word "Karabakh" originates from Turkic and Persian, literally meaning "black garden".^[2] The placename first appears in Georgian and Persian sources in the 13th and 14th centuries.^[3] Before the 1230's, when the region was conquered by the Mongols and became known as Karabakh, it was known as Artsakh and Utik, two historic regions of Armenia and Caucasian Albania.^[4]

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