The Karabakh Council the government of Nagorno-Karabakh between 1918-1920. It was elected by the Karabakh Congress, the representative body of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh, on July 27, 1918. Initially it was called the People's Government of Karabakh,[1] but in September, 1918 it was renamed into the Karabakh Council.
The Karabakh Council was an independent national government which exercised its powers during the periods following the congresses. It was authorized to act both as a legislative and executive body. The decisions on major political and economic issues of the region were taken by the Karabakh Congress.
Geographically, the scope of the powers of the Council covered the mountainous regions of Karabagh, including the Armenian villages of Gandzak District.
The first provisional government included
The Council was chaired by Yeghishe Ishkhanian, and Melikset Yesayan was elected its secretary.
When the Yerevan-based Armenian Congress of Eastern Armenians was established at October 1917, it incorporated the Armenian National Councils all around the Russian Empire including activities of Armenian National Councils in Karabagh, Tiflis and Baku .