In Karabakh, The First Post-Soviet War -- Washington PostSTEPANAKERT, Nagorno-Karabakh — Nothing blindsided Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the late 1980s more than the outbreak of intense national feeling among minority populations in the Soviet Union, much of it laced with religious antagonism.
In Dagestan, Muslims angry about restrictions on the hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, stormed a government building. In Ukraine, Eastern Catholics demanded independence. But nowhere was the tension more acute than in Nagorno-Karabakh, a mountainous redoubt in the South Caucasus, famous for mulberries, honey, ancient monasteries, precipitous gorges and centuries of warfare.
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My Comment: Nagorno-Karabakh can be proud and determined as much as they want, but Azerbaijan is bigger and it is backed with a large and growing army. Look for a compromise, and look for bigger allies.
