Karabakh region (broad sense)

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The Karabakh region (in the broad historical sense) is a mountainous and culturally diverse area in the South Caucasus, encompassing territories that have been contested between Armenia and Azerbaijan and shaped by centuries of shifting imperial and national borders.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Karabakh 15
Karabakh economic region 2
Karabakh region (broad sense) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (85)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
historical region
borderedBy Aras River valley
linked to: Aras River

Kura River lowlands
Lesser Caucasus Mountains
linked to: Lesser Caucasus

Syunik region
linked to: Syunik Province

Zangezur region
linked to: Zangezur
capitalCityHistoricallyAssociated Shusha
linked to: Shusha uezd
climate continental
mountain climate
conflict 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh war
2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
country Armenia
Azerbaijan
culturalSignificance center of Armenian cultural heritage
center of Azerbaijani cultural heritage
disputedBy Armenia
Azerbaijan
economyHistorically pastoralism
silk production
viticulture
etymology from Turkic and Persian elements meaning "black garden"
hasAlternativeName Gharabagh
Karabagh
hasPart Aghdam region
Fuzuli region
Jabrayil region
linked to: Jabrayil

Kalbajar region
Karabakh Plateau
Khojaly region
linked to: Khojaly District

Khojavend region
linked to: Khojavend District

Lachin region
Lowland Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh
Qubadli region
linked to: Qubadli District

Shusha region
linked to: Shusha uezd

Stepanakert (Khankendi) area
linked to: Stepanakert

Tartar region
Zangilan region
linked to: Kalbajar region
historicalAffiliation Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
First Republic of Armenia (claims and conflicts)
Karabakh Khanate
Persian Empire
linked to: Persia

Qajar Iran
Russian Empire
Safavid Empire
Transcaucasian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic
historicallyInhabitedBy Armenians
Azerbaijanis
Kurds
Lezgins
Tats
knownFor ethnic diversity
linguistic diversity
religious diversity
language Armenian
linked to: Armenian language

Azerbaijani
Russian
locatedIn South Caucasus
Transcaucasia
linked to: South Caucasus
majorCity Aghdam
linked to: Aghdam region

Fuzuli
Khankendi
Shusha
linked to: Shusha uezd

Stepanakert
notableFor caravan routes
medieval monasteries
mosques
partOf Caucasus
religion Christianity
Islam
Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
strategicImportance control of passes in Lesser Caucasus
link between Armenian and Azerbaijani populated areas
terrain foothills
mountainous
plains
timePeriod Soviet period
early modern period
imperial Russian period
medieval era
post-Soviet period

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Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Elisavetpol locatedInHistoricalRegion Karabakh region (broad sense)
Jebrail uezd historicalRegion Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Jevanshir uezd locatedInHistoricRegion Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Shusha uezd locatedInHistoricalRegion Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Caucasian Albania regionCorrespondence Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Stepanakert historicalRegion Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast predecessor Karabakh region of Azerbaijan SSR
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar deathPlace Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Russo-Persian War 1826–1828 location Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Arran modernRegionOverlap Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Battle of Qarabagh hasLocation Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Ganja-Gazakh economic region borderedBy Karabakh economic region
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Jebrail locatedIn Karabakh economic region
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Javanshir clan region Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Javanshir clan associatedWith Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Qubadli District historicalRegion Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Khankendi historicalRegion Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Askeran historicalRegion Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)
Karabakh Khanate region Karabakh
linked to: Karabakh region (broad sense)