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Artsakh (historic province)

Artsakh is the historical name of a mountainous region of the South Caucasus corresponding largely to Nagorno-Karabakh. A province of the Kingdom of Armenia in antiquity, it passed to Caucasian Albania after the partition of Armenia around 387. Under Armenian princes such as those of Khachen it kept a strong Christian culture with monasteries like Gandzasar. The name was revived for the unrecognised republic of 1991–2023.

Artsakh (historic province)
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Principality of Khachen

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Artsakh (historic province). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/artsakh-historic-province
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