The status of Nagorno-Karabakh (also called Artsakh), an enclave of 1,700 square miles (4,400 square km) in southwestern Azerbaijan populated primarily by ethnic Armenians, was from 1988 the source of bitter conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan. Armenia declared sovereignty on August 23, 1990, and independence on September 23, 1991. The Soviet Republic of Armenia was established on Novemin 1922 Armenia became part of the Transcaucasian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic and in 1936 this republic was dissolved and Armenia became a constituent (union) republic of the Soviet Union. The portion of Armenia lying within the former Russian Empire declared independence on May 28, 1918, but in 1920 it was invaded by forces from Turkey and Soviet Russia.
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