Mutungamiri weKarabakh Armenian vakanyunyuta kuti dunhu racho rakanga risina mabhuku emutauro weArmenian muzvikoro kana mukushambadzira kweterevhizheni, uye kuti Munyori Mukuru weCommunist Party yeAzerbaijan Heydar Aliyev akaedza zvakanyanya "Azerify" dunhu uye kuwedzera simba uye huwandu hwevaAzerbaijan vanogara muKarabakh, uku panguva imwechete vachideredza huwandu hweArmenian (muna 1987, Aliyev aizoburuka saMunyori Mukuru weAzerbaijan's Politburo). Pakazosvika 1988, huwandu hweArmenian hweNagorno Karabakh hwakange hwaderera kusvika pamakumi matatu kubva muzvitatu zvehuwandu hwevanhu. Ruzhinji rwevanhu veNagorno Karabakh rwakange rwuri kutungamirirwa nehuwandu hwevanhu veArmenian uye rutsigiro pakati pevamwe vanyori vakakurumbira vakatsanangurwa muArmenian. Sekureva kwemutori wenhau weKarabakh weArmenian Thomas Yerevan, uye kuti Munyori Mukuru weCommunist Party yeAzerbaijan
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