- Goal of Syunik's incorporation into the SSR Armenia instead of SSR Azerbaijan achieved
| combatant1 = 
Mountainous Armenia
| combatant2 = 
RSFSR
Supported by
Turkey
| commander1 = Garegin Nzhdeh
| commander2 = Anatoly Gekker Pyotr Kuryshko Versel Bəy
| strength1 = 15,000[1]
| strength2 = 150,000[2] 100,000[3]
| casualties2 = Heavy[citation needed]
Heavy{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
| casualties1 = Light[citation needed]
| partof = February Uprising
| image = Garegin Nzhdeh Armenian volunteer detachment 1915.jpg
| caption = Garegin Nzhdeh and his army
}}
A military conflict was fought by the Republic of Mountainous Armenia, the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the Azerbaijani Socialist Soviet Republic and the Turkish Nationalists in 1921.[4] It was initiated due to a failed Armenian coup in Yerevan against its Communist government, and lasted from 26 April 1921 until 13 July 1921.[5][6][7]
Background
editThe origins of the conflict began on September 24, 1920, following a Soviet invasion of the First Republic of Armenia. This invasion resulted in an Armenian coup in Yerevan which happened between February - April 1921, it had resulted in a defeat. However, this coup greatly motivated the Armenian people, especially Garegin Nzhdeh who was in Syunik at the time, Garegin Nzhdeh began an armed uprising against the Soviets on April 26, 1921, with his army which composed primarily of armed citizens and Fedayis due to Soviet plans for the incorporation of Syunik into the newly formed Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic.[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ The Republic of Armenia Volume 4.
- ^ The Republic of Armenia Volume 4.
- ^ The Republic of Armenia Volume 4.
- ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1996). The Republic of Armenia. 3: From London to Sèvres: february - august, 1920. Berkeley, Calif: Univ. of Calif. Pr. ISBN 978-0-520-08803-0.
- ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1996). The Republic of Armenia. 4: Between crescent and sickle: partition and sovietization. Berkeley, Calif: Univ. of Calif. Pr. ISBN 978-0-520-08804-7.
- ^ Hovannisian, Richard G. (1971). The Republic of Armenia. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-01805-1.
- ^ Shakarian, Pietro A. (August 2017). "A Postcard from Nagorno-Karabakh". Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ^ Pointon, Matthew (2017-10-31). Among Armenians. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-244-04381-0.