Karabakh Council
The Karabakh Council (Armenian: Ղարաբաղի Ազգային խորհրդ, romanized: Gharabaghi Azgayin khorhrd, lit. 'Karabakh National council') was the unrecognised government over Mountainous Karabakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) in eastern Armenia between 1918 and 1920. The council's body was elected by the assembly of Mountainous Karabakh—the representative body of the people of Nagorno-Karabakh—on 27 July 1918. Initially it was called the People's Government of Karabakh, but in September 1918 it was renamed into the Karabakh Council. The Karabakh Council's control throughout 1918–1920 did not exceed the ethnic Armenian locales of Karabakh which were subordinate to them. The council's statehood related to the historical Artsakh province and the modern-day self-proclaimed Republic of Artsakh founded in 1991. Its capital was the city of Shushi (Shusha).
Karabakh Council Ղարաբաղի Ազգային խորհրդ | |||||||||
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Map of the Karabakh Council 1918–1920 | |||||||||
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| Common languages | Armenian | ||||||||
| Religion | Armenian Apostolic | ||||||||
| Government | Council | ||||||||
• Chairman | Yeghishe Ishkhanian | ||||||||
• Secretary | Melikset Yesayan | ||||||||
• Foreign Affairs Department | Ashot Melik-Hovsepian | ||||||||
| Legislature | Assembly of Armenians of Karabakh | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | 22 July 1918 | ||||||||
• Sovietization | 29 April 1920 | ||||||||
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• Total | 5,400 km2 (2,100 sq mi) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1916 | 142,572 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Artsakh Azerbaijan | ||||||||