ARMENIA

& KARABAKH

Once one of the major regional powers today's Republic of Armenia is a tiny stripe of land squeezed between Turkey, Azerbaijan Iran and Georgia. It was in the 20th century when Armenia wise had a chance to rise out of the ashes of World War one (1918) and out of the debris of the fallen USSR (1991) after more than 500 years of foreign domination. The first attempt to restore Armenian statehood in 1918 ended up with the collapse of 1920. The second attempt seems to be more productive in spite of tha harsh legacy of the past that includes disputed borders, ethnic and religious prejudice and unclear political orientation.

The unresolved Karabakh crisis and the issue of Armenian genocide in Turkey (1918-1922) seem to be the major stumbling-block to the future of this small East-Mediterranean country, its freedom democracy and even existence.

ARTICLES: RECENT HISTORY OF

ARMENIA AND KARABAKH:

KARABAKH: CONFRONTATION ON THE BRIDGE BETWEEN EUROPE AND ASIA

TERRITORIAL DISPUTE BETWEEN ARMENIA & GEORGIA: QUI BONO?

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for the

EARLY HISTORY OF THE AREA

with historical maps

and illustrations

ANCIENT SYMBOLS:

SEE ALSO:

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for the

CHRONOLOGY OF THE KARABAKH CONFLICT (1987-2005)

WORLD WAR I AND ITS IMPACT ON

ARMENIA: NATION-BUILDING AND

TERRITORIAL DISPUTES, 1918-1920

SOVIET-ARMENIAN CONFLICT:

MAY-JULY, 1920

THE TREATY OF SEVRES, 10.08.1920:

GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS

TURKISH-ARMENIAN WAR:

SEPT.- NOV., 1920

SOVIET-ARMENIAN WAR AND THE

COLLAPSE OF THE 1^ST REPUBLIC:

NOV.-DEC., 1920

THE TREATY OF KARS, 13.10.1921:

GEOPOLITICAL IMPLICATIONS ON

ARMENIA: TERRITORIAL DISPUTES OF 1921-22 & FURTHER TERRITORIAL ADJUSTMENTS OF 1931

ARMENIA: TERRITORIAL DISPUTES

1991-PRESENT

TURKEY: AFTER WORLD WAR 1

ARMENIAN DIASPORA

SHORT HISTORY

POLITICAL STRUCTURE

USEFUL LINKS:

Visit YETT

(Young Experts’ Think Tank)

for related articles

ARMENIA: Government, Parties and Media

http://www.politicalresources.net/armenia.htm

http://www.politicalresources.net/nagorno-karabakh.htm

Armenian Genocide

Armenian Diaspora & the Two World Wars

http://membres.lycos.fr/armenianlegion/

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

Bliss, Edwin Munsell, Turkey and the Armenian Atrocities
Edgewood Publishing Company, 1896

Bremmer, Jan, & New States, New Politics: Building the Post-Soviet Nations,

Taras, Ray, Cambridge University Press, 1997

Harbord, James, G., Conditions in the Near East: Report of the American Military Mission to Armenia

Washington Government Printing office, 1920

Harris , Rendel, & Letters from the Scenes of the Recent Massacres in Armenia

Harris, Helen B., London, James Nisbet & Co. Limited, 1897

Shekhtman, Pavel, The Flame of Old Fires

Moscow, “Pro Armenia”, 1992-1993

Suny, Ronald Grigor, The Revenge of the Past: Nationalism, Revolution and the Collapse of the Soviet Union,

Stanford University Press, 1993

Transcaucasia, Nationalism & Social Change:

Essays in the History of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan

The University of Michigan Press, 1999

The Black Book of Communism Harward University Press 2000

Villari,Luigi, Fire and Sword in the Caucasus

London, T. F. Unwin, 1906

Wegner, Armin, The Trial of Talaat Pasha

Vienna, Mekhitarian Printing House, 1921

SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READING:

Armenian Assembly of America: The Karabakh Crisis: Historical/Political Background. [1988]

Curtis, G.E.: Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia: Country Studies. [1995]

Kazemzadeh, F.: The Struggle for Transcaucasia: 1917-1921. [1951]

Nersessian, S.: Armenia and the Byzantine Empire. [1947]

Panico, C.: Conflicts in the Caucasus: Russia's War in Chechnya. [1995]

Toumanoff, C.: Studies in Christian Caucasian History. [1963]