✦ History

First Nagorno-Karabakh War

February 20, 1988 – May 12, 1994

Result Armenian victory

Ended by Bishkek Protocol

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.

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Battles and events 13

February 27 – March 1, 1988
Sumgait pogrom Sumgait
November 1988
Kirovabad pogrom Ganja
January 12–19, 1990
Baku pogrom Baku
April 30 – May 15, 1991
Operation Ring Çaykənd
November 1991 – May 9, 1992
Siege of Stepanakert Armenian victory Khankendi
1992
Battle of Shusha (1992) Armenian victory Shusha Robert Kocharyan, Shamil Basayev, Samvel Babayan
February 17, 1992
Capture of Garadaghly Armenian victory Qaradağlı
April 10, 1992
Maraga massacre Shikharkh
June 12, 1992 – March 1993
Operation Goranboy Goranboy District · Tartar District Surat Huseynov, Vladimir Shamanov
1993
1993 Summer Offensives Armenian victory
March 27 – April 3, 1993
Battle of Kalbajar Armenian victory Kalbajar Surat Huseynov, Samvel Babayan, Najmeddin Sadikov
June 12 – July 23, 1993
Battle of Aghdam Armenian victory Samvel Babayan, Monte Melkonian
January 6, 1994
Operation Horadiz Azerbaijani victory

Key commanders

Armenia 9

Vazgen Sargsyan belligerent leader Serzh Sargsyan belligerent leader Robert Kocharyan belligerent leader Levon Ter-Petrosyan President of Armenia, Led Armenia Samvel Babayan military commander Gurgen Dalibaltayan military commander Monte Melkonian military commander Seyran Ohanyan military commander Arkady Ter-Tadevosyan military commander

Azerbaijan 12

Heydar Aliyev President of Azerbaijan, Agreed the 1994 ceasefire Yaqub Mammadov belligerent leader Abulfaz Elchibey belligerent leader Isa Gambar belligerent leader Ayaz Mutallibov belligerent leader Surat Huseynov belligerent leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar belligerent leader Najmeddin Sadikov military commander Shamil Basayev military commander Rahim Gaziyev military commander Albert Agarunov military commander Vladimir Shamanov military commander