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Decree establishing the autonomous oblast of Nagorno-Karabakh

Decree establishing the autonomous oblast within the Azerbaijan SSR, distinct from the 1921 party bureau decisions.

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Context

A domestic Soviet administrative act. Historical establishment, later boundaries and current territorial questions are separate subjects.

The archive’s historical article quotes part of the decree and gives its date. It is not the complete original gazette edition; that edition remains to be inspected. The source-language label refers to the Azerbaijani reference page; the language of an uninspected original is not verified.

Historical period
Soviet Armenia

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Source and provenance

Document date
Jul 7, 1923
Issuing institution
Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR
Source reference
Decree establishing the autonomous oblast of Nagorno-Karabakh; 1923-07-07
Source language
az
Translation status
No Armenian translation hosted

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Central Executive Committee of the Azerbaijan SSR. Decree establishing the autonomous oblast of Nagorno-Karabakh. 1923-07-07. Decree establishing the autonomous oblast of Nagorno-Karabakh; 1923-07-07. Political Documents Archive of the Administration of the President of Azerbaijan. https://presarchive.gov.az/az-opennews/5.html