By Sahil Group

1987

October- First meeting in Yerevan (Armenia) took place with challenges to annex the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous region (NKAR) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic to the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR).

1988

January 25- Exodus of Azeris living in the Armenian SSR began.

February 22-23- The first meetings in Baku and Sumgait took place with a slogan: “NKAR is the integral part of Azerbaijan”.

February 24- For the first time, in the course of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict blood was shed: in NKAR two Azeris were killed.

February 27- Strikes started in NKAR with the demand to be separated from Azerbaijan.

February 28-29- Pogroms and massive disorders in Sumgait took place. There were people, among the organisers of pogroms, of Armenian Nationality.

March 18- Plenary Session of NKAR’s regional Committee adopted a decision on annexation of NKAR to Armenia.

March 24- Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and Council of Ministers adopted a resolution on “measures for speeding up the social-economic development of NKAR of the Azerbaijan SSR in 1988-1995”.

The first decade of May- More than one thousand Azeri refugees, deported from Armenia, came to Azerbaijan.

May 18- Meetings took place in Baku as a sign of protest against ejection of Azeries from Armenia.

The first decade of June- Discrimination acts against Azeries in NKAR broke out. In a few days about 2.000 people were ejected.

June 14- According to State Committee on Statistics of Azerbaijan four more thousand refugees fled to the Republic.

The last decade of June- Ejection of Azeries from Armenia is going on.

July 12- The Session of People’s Deputies of the Regional Soviet in NKAR adopted an anti-constitutional decision on separation from the Azerbaijani SSR.

July 13- Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani SSR considered the decision of the session of the Regional Soviet from July 12, 1958, as an illicit act.

July 18- The enlarged meeting of the Presidium of the USSR’s Supreme Soviet endorsed NKAR as belonging to the Azerbaijani SSR.

September 3-21- Series of terrorist acts against Azeries in NKAR,setting out fire to houses and killing people in Stepanakert.

November 18- December 5- Meetings took place in Baku with the demand to put an end to terrorist acts against Azeries in NKAR.

November 24- The State of Emergency was announced in Baku. Nakhchivan, Ganja.

November 27-29- As a result of anti-Azerbaijani massacres 33 Azeries were killed in the cities of Gugark, S pitak and Stepanavan of the Armenian SSR.

The second part of December- Exodus of Azeries from Armenia. More than 105 thousand refugees fled to Azerbaijan from the Armenian SSR.

1989

January 12- In the territory of NKAR of Azerbaijan SSR a form of ruling was applied: Committee of special ruling was setup.

May-June- The first congress of the people’s deputies decided to form a Commission of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on Nagorny Karabakh

July 7- The Azerbaijani village of Karkijahan in NKAR was fired.

July 11- The escalation of the situation in NKAR. An armed assault on Azeris in Stepanakert. People were killed.

July 29- The traffic of trains from Azerbaijan to Armenia was cut short because of the attacks to the trains in the territories of Armenia. The beginning of the blockade of .Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan by Armenia.

August 16- The congress of the authoritative representatives, of Armenian population of NKAR, those refused to recognise the status of NKAR, as an autonomous region of Azerbaijan.

August 27- The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijani Republic declared as illegal the decision of the congress of authoritative representatives of the Armenian population of NKAR from August 16, 1989.

The last decade of September- Strikes of the Azerbaijani railroaders in connection with the attacks to the trains in the territory of Armenia.

The second decade of October- The beginning of the blockade of Shusha region of NKAR, majority of the population of which is Azeris (91,7%).

The second decade of November- Assaults on Azerbaijani trains in the territory of the Armenian SSR, caused the stopping rail road traffic between the Azerbaijanian SSR and the Armenian SSR.

November 28- The Supreme Soviet of the USSR passed a resolution “on measures for normalising the situation in NKAR”. It was decided to form the republican organisational committee on NKAR and to restore the activity of the regional soviet of the people’s deputies, by abolishing the committee of special rule of NKAR.

December 1- The Supreme Soviet of the Armenian SSR passed an anti-constitutional resolution “on reunification of the Armenian SSR and Nagorny Karabakh”.

The first and second decades of December- Number of attacks from territory of Armenia to the border villages of Azerbaijan. The infantry brigands from the territory of Armenia were landed in the regions of Khanlar and Shaumyan of Azerhaijan.

December 7- The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerhaijani SSR assessed this resolution of the Armenian Supreme Soviet from December 1, 1989 as inadmissible interference in the affairs of the Azerbaijani SSR, encroachment on its territorial integrity.

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