Passage: The Nagorno-Karabakh War was an ethnic and territorial conflict that took place in the late 1980s to May 1994, in the enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in southwestern Azerbaijan, between the majority ethnic Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh backed by the Republic of Armenia, and the Republic of Azerbaijan. Kama vita iliendelea, Armenia na Azerbaijan, wote Jamhuri za zamani za Kisovyeti, walishiriki katika muda mrefu, undeclared mlima vita katika milima urefu wa Karabakh kama Azerbaijan alijaribu kuzuia harakati secessionist katika Nagorno-Karabakh. Bunge enclave ya alikuwa kura katika neema ya kuunganisha yenyewe na Armenia na kura ya maoni, boycotted na idadi ya watu wa Azerbaijani wa Nagorno-Karabakh, ilikuwa uliofanyika nje ya enclave ya Nagorno-Karabakh, ambapo wengi wa wananchi wa Armenia walipiga kura katika upande wa Nagorno-Karabakh.
Mei 1994