Nagorno Karabakh (35 images)

Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) began its secession from Azerbaijan during the dying years of the Soviet Union. The breakaway war with Azerbaijan ended in 1994 with an estimated 30,000 dead and nearly 750,000 displaced Azerbaijanis (leaving NKR an ethnically 100% Armenian ). While a fragile cease-fire still stands there is yet to be a peace agreement, leaving the official status of Nagorno Karabakh is constant limbo. While not recognized by a single nation, NKR maintains all the governmental...
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Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR) began its secession from Azerbaijan during the dying years of the Soviet Union. The breakaway war with Azerbaijan ended in 1994 with an estimated 30,000 dead and nearly 750,000 displaced Azerbaijanis (leaving NKR an ethnically 100% Armenian ). While a fragile cease-fire still stands there is yet to be a peace agreement, leaving the official status of Nagorno Karabakh is constant limbo. While not recognized by a single nation, NKR maintains all the governmental trappings of a sovereign state, with an elected president, cabinet, parliament and military.
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