Nagorno Karabakh Nagorno Karabakh Arkady Arshavirovich Ghoukasyan ( Armenian: Արկադի Ղուկասյան) is the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. He was elected as the President in 1997 and 2002. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arkady Ghoukasyan"
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline (sometimes abbreviated as BTC pipeline) transports crude oil 1,760 km (1,093 miles) from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli oil field in the Caspian Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. It passes through Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan; Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia; and Ceyhan, a port on the south-eastern Mediterranean coast of Turkey, hence its name. It is the second longest oil pipeline in the world (the longest being the Druzhba pipeline from Russia to central Europe). ...more on Wikipedia about "Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline"
The flag of Nagorno-Karabakh, an unrecognised self-proclaimed government in a region of Azerbaijan, is derived from the flag of Armenia, with only a white pattern added. This symbolises the Armenian heritage and population of the area and represents Nagorno-Karabakh as being a separated region of Armenia by the triangular shape. The pattern is also similar to the designs used on Armenian rugs. ...more on Wikipedia about "Flag of Nagorno-Karabakh"
Khojali ( Azerbaijani: Xocalı), also called Khojaly, is a town and a rayon in the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, now under the control of ethnically Armenian separatists. It was the location of the Khojaly massacre in February 1992. ...more on Wikipedia about "Khojali"
Khojaly massacre, also referred to as Khojaly genocide and Khojaly tragedy was the killing of a large number of ethnic Azeri civilians in the town of Khojaly on 25 February 1992. According to the Azeri side, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and many other international observers, the massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment. ...more on Wikipedia about "Khojaly massacre"
Nagorno-Karabakh is a region of Azerbaijan, in the South Caucasus, located about 270 km (about 170 mi.) west of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. The region is predominantly ethnic Armenian, and is under Armenian military control. The local Armenian population declared independence from Azerbaijan on December 10th, 1991 and declared the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The NKR's sovereign status is not recognized by any country or international organization in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nagorno-Karabakh"
(Nagorno-Karabakh/Temp) Nagorno-Karabakh ( Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ or Yuxarı Qarabağ, literally "mountainous black garden" or "upper black garden"; Russian: Нагорный Карабах, translit. Nagornyy Karabakh; Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ, translit. Lernayin Gharabagh), often referred to by Armenians as Artsakh ( Armenian: Արցախ), is a region of Azerbaijan, in southern Caucasia, located about 270 km (about 170 mi) west of the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. The region is predominantly ethnic Armenian, and is under Armenian military control. The local Armenian population declared independence from Azerbaijan on December 10, 1991 and declared the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR). The NKR's sovereign status is not recognized by any country in the world. ...more on Wikipedia about "Nagorno-Karabakh/Temp" Evergreen shortopedia!!!
Shusha ( Azeri: Şuşa, Armenian: Շուշի; translit. Shushi, Persian: شوشی ; translit. Shushi) is a town in Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan, next to the rayon of the same name. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shusha"
Stepanakert (also known as Xankəndi from the name used by Azeris; that name was previously spelled in the Latin alphabet as Xankendi and Khankendi under formerly used transliterations from the Cyrillic and Arabic alphabet versions of the name) is the capital city of the self declared Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Control of the area has been the subject of dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia, including war, ever since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. As of 2005, Stepanakert, like the rest of Nagorno-Karabakh, is under Armenian control, and much of the former local Azeri population has been displaced eastwards. ...more on Wikipedia about "Stepanakert"
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