Description: One central location for news, social media posts, and facts about the war in Artsakh
One central location for news, social media posts, and facts about the war in Artsakh. Learn and understand the history behind the relentless fight for survival, recognition, and peace in Armenia and Artsakh.
A landlocked, self-declared republic in the South Caucasus with Armenia to the west, Azerbaijan to the east, and the Islamic Republic of Iran to the south. Its capital is Stepanakert.
The conflict has roots going back over a century. In 387 CE, Armenia was divided between the Byzantine empire and Persia, and the eastern part of Armenia, including Artsakh, fell under Persian rule. Since then, Artsakh and Armenia have been under Russian (1813) and Soviet (1920) rule. In 1921, after the end of World War I, the Soviet government established the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region and annexed it to Azerbaijan, redrawing the borders of Armenia. In 1991, with the fall of the Soviet Union, the Ar