1. Barack Obama congratulates Armenians on Armenia's Independence Day
(News/Latest News)

... an end to the Turkish and Azerbaijani blockades, and by working for a lasting and durable settlement of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict that is agreeable to all parties, and based upon America’s founding ...

2. Nagorno-Karabakh and Independence
(Armenians/History)

... Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh against Azerbaijani rule began in the spirit of perestroika, but the movement evolved quickly into a political organization, the Karabakh Committee, a broad anticommunist ...

3. The Communist Era
(Armenians/History)

... of Nagorno-Karabakh, an autonomous region of Azerbaijan having nearly 200,000 Armenians living within Azerbaijan under Azerbaijani rule, isolated from mainstream Armenian culture. Control of Nagorno-Karabakh ...

4. World War I and Its Consequences
(Armenians/History)

... federation with Azerbaijan and Georgia, both of which, however, soon proved to be unreliable partners. The danger posed by the territorial ambitions of the Ottoman Turks and the Azerbaijanis finally united ...