First Nagorno-Karabakh War
February 20, 1988 – May 12, 1994 · Stepanakert
Result Armenian victory
War between the Armenians of Nagorno-Karabakh, backed by Armenia, and Azerbaijan. Armenian forces took the region and nearby districts; about 30,000 people died and more than a million were displaced.
Azerbaijan
Armenia
Other
Strength and losses
- Strength
- 42,600
- Casualties
- c. 25,000–30,000
Azerbaijan Killed c. 8,500
- Strength
- 30,000–40,000
Armenia Killed c. 5,500
- Killed
- c. 14,000
Battles and events 13
- Sumgait pogrom February 27 – March 1, 1988
- Kirovabad pogrom November 1988
- Baku pogrom January 12–19, 1990
- Operation Ring April 30 – May 15, 1991
- Siege of Stepanakert November 1991 – May 9, 1992 · Armenian victory
- Battle of Shusha (1992) 1992 · Armenian victory
- Capture of Garadaghly February 17, 1992 · Armenian victory
- Maraga massacre April 10, 1992
- Operation Goranboy June 12, 1992 – March 1993
- 1993 Summer Offensives 1993 · Armenian victory
- Battle of Kalbajar March 27 – April 3, 1993 · Armenian victory
- Battle of Aghdam June 12 – July 23, 1993 · Armenian victory
- Operation Horadiz January 6, 1994 · Azerbaijani victory
Before and after
- Ended by
- Bishkek Protocol May 5, 1994
- Led to
- Second Nagorno-Karabakh War September 27 – November 10, 2020
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