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Newly-arrived troops struggle to halt a civil war

The Argus-Press – Jan 17, 1990 MOSCOW (AP) — More than 11.000 newly ar­rived troops fought today to end battles between bands of Azerbaijanis and Armenians, who reportedly were armed with everything from submachine guns and grenades to com­mandeered artillery.

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Armenia and Its Neighbors Only Diverge

By BILL KELLER Published: September 11, 1988 YEREVAN, U.S.S.R.— ONE balmy evening several days ago on the plaza outside the city opera house, a group of Armenians were playing Yerevan’s favorite guessing game: What if Armenia broke off from the … Continue reading

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THE WORLD; Gorbachev Is Feeling the Heat From the South

March 6, 1988 By PHILIP TAUBMAN MOSCOW— MIKHAIL S. GORBACHEV begins his fourth year as Soviet leader this week probably worried less about the state of the economy than the stability of the state. The nationalist unrest that shook the … Continue reading

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Anger Alters the Chemistry of Armenian Protest

July 11, 1988 By FELICITY BARRINGER, Special to the New York Times MOSCOW, July 10— ”Our young women greeted the soldiers with flowers when they came in a few months ago,” a Yerevan resident, Samson Tomazyan, said today, a few … Continue reading

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Armenian refugees who fled tell of being terrorized in Azerbaijan

St-Petersburg-Times-Jan23-1990 By ELIZABETH SHOGREN Times Correspondent MOSCOW — Sonya, a 25-year-old Armenian woman, choked back tears as she told other refu­gees how Azerbaijanis ransacked her apartment and killed her moth­er last week in the southern Soviet republic of Azerbaijan. The … Continue reading

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Armenian Capital is Roused by Calls for New Freedoms

September 5, 1988 By BILL KELLER, Special to the New York Times YEREVAN, U.S.S.R., Sept. 4— Two nights ago, more than 100,000 Armenians, defying an official ban and a heavy police cordon, streamed into the square in front of this … Continue reading

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Moscow Rejects Armenian Appeals

July 19, 1988 By FELICITY BARRINGER, Special to the New York Times MOSCOW, July 18— The Soviet Government today rejected appeals that it accommodate a southern enclave’s desire to break away from the republic of Azerbaijan, the press agency Tass … Continue reading

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Преступление против человечества

Г. УЛУБАБЯН, член инициативной группы защиты прав сумгаитских армян, официальное доверенное лицо родных погибших в Сумгаите армян. Голос Армении, 2 февраля, 1991г. «В настоящей конвенции под геноцидом понимаются следующие действия, совершаемые с намерением уничтожить, полностью или частично, какую-либо национальную, этническую, … Continue reading

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Fighting cools in Armenia, Azerbaijan

Sun Journal – Jan 26, 1990 MOSCOW (AP) – Warring nation­alists agreed Thursday to a cease­fire along one of the tense battlefronts of the bloody conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, TASS said. The announcement came as Baltic activists, worried that … Continue reading

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3 Soviet Soldiers Die As Riots Flare Anew In Southern Region

By FELICITY BARRINGER, Special to the New York Times Published: November 24, 1988 MOSCOW, Nov. 23— Three soldiers were killed and 126 people were injured in rioting in the southern republic of Azerbaijan on Tuesday, Soviet officials reported today. The … Continue reading

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