Perang Nagorno-Karabakh

Perang Nagorno-Karabakh merupakan konflik bersenjata yang terjadi di Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan barat daya, dari Februari 1988 sampai Mei 1994. Perang ini terjadi antara etnis Armenia di Nagorno-Karabakh yang dibantu oleh Negara Tercintanya sendiri yaitu Armenia melawan Azerbaijan. Perang ini merupakan konflik etnis paling destruktif setelah jatuhnya Uni Soviet pada Desember 1991.

Perang Nagorno-Karabakh
Tanggal 1988–1994 Lokasi Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenia, dan Azerbaijan Hasil Kemenangan Armenia. Gencatan senjata ditandatangani tahun 1994 oleh Armenia, Azerbaijan, dan Nagorno-Karabakh (masih berpengaruh). Perubahan wilayah Nagorno-Karabakh secara de facto menjadi republik merdeka, sementara secara de jure, wilayah ini tetap menjadi bagian Azerbaijan. Perjanjian perdamaian diadakan antara dua negara untuk mendiskusikan masa depan teritori.
Pihak terlibat
Nagorno-Karabakh Armenia Tentara bayaran CIS	Azerbaijan Mujahidin Afganistan Chechen Volunteers Tentara bayaran CIS
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Samvel Babayan, Hemayag Haroyan, Monte Melkonian, Vazgen Sargsyan, Arkady Ter-Tatevosyan, Anatoly Zinevich	İsgandar Hamidov, Suret Huseynov, Rahim Gaziev, Shamil Basayev
Kekuatan
20.000	72.000
Korban
5.856 tewas, 25.000 terluka	11.000 tewas, 30.000 terluka

Namun sama seperti Perang Korea perjanjian damai tak pernah di buat oleh kedua belah pihak Baik Azerbaijan maupun Nagorno-Karabakh itu sendiri. Karena itu masih ada pertempuran yang pecah di perbatasan Nagorno-Karabakh dan Azerbaijan oleh karena itu sempat menimbulkan ketegangan antara pemerintah Azerbaijan beberapa waktu lalu.

Daftar pustaka

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Pranala luar

• Military Analysis of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict by GlobalSecurity.org
• A 2005 report on the status of undetonated land mines in Nagorno-Karabakh compiled by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines
• A chronology of the events of Nagorno-Karabakh from 1988 to Present by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
• The conflict over the Nagorno-Karabakh region as dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference
• Undeclared War: The Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict Reconsidered by Svante Cornell
• The official website of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh
• Regions and territories: Nagorno-Karabakh Overview of the region by the BBC
• Dark Forest in the Mountains - a documentary film by Roger Kupelian featuring live war footage from Armenian positions.
• A Story of People in War and Peace: Preview - a documentary film by Armenia's Vardan Hovhannisyan, who won the prize for best new documentary filmmaker at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival in New York, about the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh.