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Timeline of Artsakh

This scheme is a timelime of the history of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh), part of the series of Series of multiple timelines of European countries and territories.

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The Artsakh Republic (Արցախի Հանրապետություն, Arc̕axi Hanrapetowt̕yown) is a limited recognized republic, de jure considered part of Azerbaijan as Nagorno-Karabakh, with a popularly elected executive president and a parliament, the National Assembly, elected in free multi-party elections.

Urartu c 860 BC: Armenian tribes establish in present-day Armenia and surroundings the unified kingdom of Urartu, including present-day Artsakh. Median Empire c 590 BC: Urartu is conquered by Media. Persian Empire c 550 BC: The region is conquered by Achaemenid Persia, that replaces it by the Satrapy of Armenia. Kingdom of Armenia 331 BC: Satrap Orontes III separates the Satrapy from Persia and becomes king of Armenia. 66 BC: Armenia becomes a client state of the Roman Empire, often disputed by the Parthian and Sasanian Empires (until and from 224 respectively). 301: Armenia becomes a Christian nation. 387: Western Armenia is annexed to the Roman Empire (since 395: Byzantine Empire. Persian Empire 428: Eastern Armenia is annexed to Sassanian Persia. Arab Caliphate 654: Armenia emerges as the Emirate of Armenia, an autonomous principality within the Arab Caliphate, ruled by the Ummayads, reuniting Armenian lands previously taken by the Byzantine Empire as well. 750: The Ummayads are overthrown by the Abbasids. Kingdom of Armenia 884: Ashot separates Armenia from the Caliphate and becomes king of Armenia. Kingdom of Artsakh 1000: Out of renmants of the disappeared Kingdom of Armenia the Kingdom of Artsakh is created. First king is Hovhannes-Senekerim of the Siunia dynasty. Other parts of Armenia are annexed to the Byzantine Empire. Principality of Khachen 1261: After the assassination of Hasan Jalal, Khachen is created as successor of Artsakh. It becomes a vassal state of the Mongol Empire, Tatars and later Turkic nations. 1603: Persia establishes a protectorate over Khachen. Persian Empire 1750: Khachen becomes the Karabakh Khanate within Persia. Russian Empire 1822: Karabakh is annexed to Russia. 1826: Persia commences the Russo-Persian War to retake territory lost to Russia. 1828: After the Russian victory, Persia irrevocably cedes in the Treaty of Turkmenchay Persia cedes what is now Artsakh to Russia. Russian Republic 1917: After the revolutions commence in Russia, several entities are established on the territory of Russia. Transcaucasian Democratic Federative Republic 1918 : Transcaucasia secedes from Russia, including Karabakh. Azerbaijan Democratic Republic 1918: Karabakh becomes part of independent Azerbaijan. The newly independent states of Armenia and Azerbaijan dispute each borders, which leads to the Armenian–Azerbaijani War. Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic 1920: The Ottoman invasion of Armenia as well as the disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan leads to a Soviet invasion and take over of Armenia. It ends the war with Azerbaijan, former Artsakh becomes part of Azerbaijan. Republic of Mountainous Armenia 1921: When communists take power in Armenia, Mountainous Armenia is formed on territory of Azerbaijan Armenia. Mountainous Armenia is governed by a provisional government. Azerbaijan Socialist Soviet Republic 1921: It is reincorporated into Soviet Armenia and Soviet Azerbaijan the same year. Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic 1922: After communist seize power in these countries, The Azerbaijan SSR joins Armenia and Georgia in Transcaucasia, a client state of Russia. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 1922: Russia forms together with Belarus, Transcaucasia and Ukraine the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, shortly the Soviet Union, of which these states become constituent states. The Armenian SSR is a constituent state through Transcaucasia. 1923: The Soviet Union establishes the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast inside Azerbaijan, which gets an Armenian majority population. 1936: Transcaucasia is dissolved and the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic becomes a separate constituent republic. 1988: The Soviet leader Mikhael Gorbachev starts his policy of Perestroika. The demand to unify Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, which begin anew in 1988 escalates into an increasingly violent Nagorno-Karabakh War. Republic of Azerbaijan 1991: Azerbaijan becomes independent. It dissolves the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. Nagorno-Karabakh Republic 1991: In reaction to this Nagorno-Karabakh secedes as an unrecognized republic from Azerbaijan. Nagorno-Karabakh has a popularly elected executive president and the National Assembly elected in free multi-party elections on a universal suffrage. 1994: The Bishkek Protocol between Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan and Armenia leads to a cease fire and the de facto independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. Kocharyan becomes president. Leonard Petrosyan becomes prime minister. Artsakh Republic 2017: The country is renamed into Artsakh.