Karabakh
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Karabakh is a geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and Aras. It is divided into three regions: Highland Karabakh, Lowland Karabakh, and the eastern slopes of the Zangezur Mountains.
A landscape in Nagorno-Karabakh - a view of the municipality of Karmir Shuka
Persian miniature depicting Shah Abbas the Great hunting in Karabakh. From an illustrated history created in 17th-century Safavid Iran
Azerbaijan
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Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a transcontinental country located at the boundary of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by the Caspian Sea to the east, Russia's republic of Dagestan to the north, Georgia to the northwest, Armenia and Turkey to the west, and Iran to the south. Baku is the capital and largest city.
Petroglyphs in Gobustan National Park dating back to the 10th millennium BC indicating a thriving culture
The siege of Ganja Fortress in 1804 during the Russo-Persian War of 1804–1813
Soviet Army paratroopers during the Black January tragedy in 1990
Caucasus Mountains in northern Azerbaijan