Armenia and Azerbaijan have a long history of conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, a region within Azerbaijan until recently ...

On Dec. 30, 1922, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ... The USSR was eventually made up of 15 republics: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia ...

Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the state was made up of 15 republics – including Russia, Ukraine, Georgia, Belorussia, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan ...

On December 17, 1988, the Azerbaijani National Freedom Movement began (a date the Azerbaijani people have celebrated as Revival Day since 1992). The first steps toward independence were being taken, ...