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Armenia

Time Monday, Nov. 28, 1988 By PAUL HOFHEINZ YEREVAN Almost every day for five weeks, a group of Armenians had huddled in the winter chill in front of Moscow’s six-story Supreme Court building, slapping their arms against the sides of … Continue reading

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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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Civil war threatens in Soviet republics

The Fort Scott Tribune – Jan 15, 1990 MOSCOW (AP) — Azerbaijanis and Armenians appeared on the verge of open warfare today after a spasm of ethnic clashes and pogroms in the southern republic of Azerbaijan claimed at least 32 … Continue reading

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130 Died, Sakharov Says

November 26, 1988 The Soviet human-rights campaigner Andrei D. Sakharov asserted yesterday that more than 130 Armenians had been killed by Azerbaijani mobs in the city of Kirovabad during the spreading ethnic unrest in the southern Soviet republics of Armenia … Continue reading

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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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Sakharov, in New Forum, Still Dissents

June 4, 1988 By FELICITY BARRINGER, Special to the New York Times MOSCOW, June 3— Andrei D. Sakharov spoke out today for his Government’s new strivings and against its old and continuing repressions, using the auditorium, microphones and translating services … Continue reading

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Armenians, Irate at Party Conference Results, Resume Wide Unrest

July 6, 1988 By FELICITY BARRINGER, Special to the New York Times MOSCOW, July 5— Widespread civil unrest began again in the southern republic of Armenia today as strikers closed the capital’s airport and many industrial enterprises, in pursuit of … 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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