The Nagorno-Karabakh autonomous oblast was created in the early 1920s as a principally ethnic Armenian region within the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic with a population that was almost 90% ethnic Armenian according to the first Soviet census, consistent with Soviet nationality policy of creating ethnically autonomous regions.
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“the former Soviet Nagorno Carbach autonomous obelist was a region of the Azerbaian Soviet Socialist Republic whose population was principally ethnic Armenian...almost 90% ethnic Armenian of Nagorno Carabach that diminished over time but it was about 90% in the early 1920s and this was consistent with Soviet nationality policy.”
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Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Geopolitics in the South Caucasus— Center for Strategic & International StudiesCreated: 8/11/2026, 5:26:17 AM
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