مصطفی/Mistefa: "Caucasus - Nagorno/Karabakh": Caucasus - Nagorno/Karabakh In the Caucasian regions, violent conf l icts between national groups had begun before the Soviet Union broke up. The Muslims of Azerbaijan and the Christians of Armenia were virtually at war by 1990; the fi ghting had started in 1988 in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mainly Armenian-peopled hill area in Azerbaijan. Until 1991, Azerbaijan, still ruled by hard-line communists, had support from Moscow, but in 1992 the tide turned in the Armenians’ favour. When international mediation helped to stop the war in 1994, they held nearly all of Nagorno-Karabakh and all the territory between it and Armenia. But 400,000 Armenians had had to fl ee from Azerbaijan, and Armenia had had to let in some Russian troops, who watched over its Turkish frontier. (The Turks, sympathizing with Turkic Azerbaijan although reluctant to get too involved, closed their frontier with Armenia during the war.)

Caucasus - Nagorno/Karabakh

In the Caucasian regions, violent conf l icts between national groups had begun before the Soviet Union broke up. The Muslims of Azerbaijan and the Christians of Armenia were virtually at war by 1990; the fi ghting had started in 1988 in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mainly Armenian-peopled hill area in Azerbaijan. Until 1991, Azerbaijan, still ruled by hard-line communists, had support from Moscow, but in 1992 the tide turned in the Armenians’ favour. When international mediation helped to stop the war in 1994, they held nearly all of Nagorno-Karabakh and all the territory between it and Armenia. But 400,000 Armenians had had to fl ee from Azerbaijan, and Armenia had had to let in some Russian troops, who watched over its Turkish frontier. (The Turks, sympathizing with Turkic Azerbaijan although reluctant to get too involved, closed their frontier with Armenia during the war.)

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