Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

English

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Etymology

Calque of Russian Наго́рно-Караба́хская автоно́мная о́бласть (Nagórno-Karabáxskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ).

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Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

  1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union created in the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923 and lasting until 1991.
    • 1936, Constitution of the Soviet Union; Chapter II, The Organization of the Soviet State: Article 24, page 14:
      The Azerbaijan SSR includes the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

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