Event

Karabakh movement

1988–1991 · 20th century

The Karabakh movement was a mass Armenian movement from 1988 to 1991 demanding the transfer of Nagorno-Karabakh from Soviet Azerbaijan to Soviet Armenia. Huge demonstrations in Yerevan, led by the Karabakh Committee, turned it into a broader campaign for democracy and independence, and its leaders, including Levon Ter-Petrosyan, came to power in Armenia in 1990.

Karabakh movement
Image: Ռուսլան Սարգսյան · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 3 state histories

Armenian SSRAzerbaijan SSRArmenia

See also

Cite this entry
APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Karabakh movement. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karabakh-movement
MLA
“Karabakh movement.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karabakh-movement. Accessed .
Chicago
The Epoch Institute. “Karabakh movement.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karabakh-movement.
Harvard
The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Karabakh movement’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/karabakh-movement (Accessed: ).

Last reviewed October 2026Random entry ↻