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The territory, now called the former Nagorno-Karabakh, was part of the Karabakh Khanate, which, according to the Kurekchay Treaty of May 14, 1805, came under the protection of the Russian Empire.
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After liquidation in 1822, the Karabakh khanate was transformed into a province headed by a Russian commandant.
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After the liquidation of the commandant system in 1840, the territory of the Karabakh province was included in the Shusha district as part of the Caspian region.
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In 1846, the province became part of the Shamakhi province.
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In 1859 it became part of the Baku province.
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In 1867 it became part of the Elizavetpol province.
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After the formation of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, the territory of Karabakh, consisting of 4 districts, was included in the Karabakh Governor-General, formed in January 1919 and under the jurisdiction of the ADR.
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In an agreement dated August 22, 1919 between the government of the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Armenian population of Nagorno-Karabakh, the term "Nagorno-Karabakh" was used for the first time in a political sense, and this territory was recognized as part of the territory of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Decree according to which Nagorno-Karabakh remains within the boundaries of the Azerbaijan SSR
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On July 7, 1923, the AzCEC adopted a decree on the formation of the Armenian Autonomous Region in Nagorno-Karabakh "AONK" (not NKAR) as part of the Azerbaijan SSR
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In 1936, after the adoption of a new union constitution, it was renamed the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region (NKAO). So, it turns out that the political naming of the territory as Nagorno-Karabakh for the first time occurred as part of the ADR, and the NKAO itself was created only in 1936 as part of the Azerbaijan SSR.
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On September 15, 1989, the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR adopted a resolution to dissolve the Special Administration Committee of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Region (NKAR). Azerbaijan liquidated a useless organization on its territory.
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On November 28, 1989, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR approved the decision of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR dated September 15, 1989
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On December 1, 1989, the Supreme Council of the Armenian SSR adopted a resolution "On the reunification of the Armenian SSR and Nagorno-Karabakh". The Central Electoral Commission for the Election of People's Deputies of the Armenian SSR decided, in violation of the Constitution of the USSR, to create constituencies on the territory of the NKAO for elections to the Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR
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On August 30, 1991, the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR proclaimed the independence of Azerbaijan.
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After Azerbaijan declared its independence and secession from the USSR, on September 2, 1991, at a joint session of the already ILLEGITIMATE Nagorno-Karabakh regional and Shaumyan district Soviets of People's Deputies of the Azerbaijan SSR, the creation of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic was proclaimed
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On November 26, 1991, the Supreme Council of Azerbaijan adopted a resolution on the liquidation of the NKAR