Armenian state

How Azerbaijan lost Zangezur

The article describes the developments of the summer of 1920, immediately after the capture of Azerbaijan by Bolshevik Russia until the summer of 1921, when the western part of the former Zangezur region was handed over to Armenia.

Duke Vorontsov-Dashkov: “By Patronizing towards the Armenians we have Gained Loyal Allies who have always rendered us Great Service “.

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Your Majesty, urged by the clergy consisting of the subjects of Turkey and Russia the Catholicos of all the Armenians wants to leave for St. Petersburg to appeal to Your Majesty  in person and to ask You to defend the Armenians from the attacks of the Kurds in Turkey. I undertook the courage to postpone the visit and suggested him that his request would be delivered to Your Majesty by me.

Did Stalin stop territorial claims of Armenia against Azerbaijan?

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Armenians attempted to prove in the academic works and monographs published since the 80th years of XX century in Armenia that as if Stalin gave Nagorny Karabakh and Nakhchivan that were considered as Armenian lands by them to the Azerbaijan SSR at the 20th years of XIX century.

When Russian armies invaded Armenian subjects of the khans acted as spies.

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Armenian actions against their Muslim overlords began during the Russian advance into the Eastern Caucasus khanates (principalities) in 1796. These khanates, although nominally under Persian rule, were in fact ruled by local lords (khans). Their populations were mainly Turkish, with large communities of other Muslims and Armenians. When Russian armies invaded Armenian subjects of the khans acted as spies. For example, Armenians delivered the plans of the water supply of Derbend to the Russians, allowing the city to be taken.

The “Soviet period” of Armenian claims ( Armenian claims in the “Soviet period”

The political situation changed in the region when Russia retook control over the South Caucasus.  And the new condition was characterized as a  so-called restoration of Russian Empire and elimination of independence attributes .Moscow government incorporated  the South Caucasian republics into the empire  under the right  to  a formal autonomy. In this case, a factual control of the area was more important for the “union republics”. Russia was more interested in christian Armenia and Georgia’s control over more territories and Georganization and Armenization of these areas.