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Armenian nationalist movement revived
by Karabakh and corruption concerns. |
| February |
General Secretary of the U.S.S.R. Communist
Party Mikhail Gorbachev promises to review the status of Karabagh,
but he is slow to act and support wanes for any changes in boundaries. |
| February 11 |
Commencement of mass demonstrations
in the Nagorno Karabagh Autonomous Oblast (N.KA.O.) demanding unification
with Armenian S.S.R. |
| February 20 |
The Parliament of Nagorno Karabagh
votes to separate from Azerbaijan S.S.R. and join Armenian S.S.R.,
citing the Soviet Constitution on the right to self-determination. |
| February 26 |
One million people demonstrate in Yerevan's
Opera Square. |
| February 28 |
Armenians killed in pogroms in Sumgait,
Azerbaijan. |
| March 28 |
The U.S.S.R. Supreme Soviet ignores
unification demands and recommends a socioeconomic and educational-cultural
reform program for Karabagh. |
| July 12 |
The Nagorno Karabagh Supreme Soviet
takes the decision to secede from Azerbaijan and adopts measures to
legally become part of Armenia. |
| November |
Deportation of 260,000 Armenians from
Azerbaijan, and 200,000 Azerbaijanis from Armenia. |
| December |
Disastrous earthquake in northern Armenia
heavily damages Leninakan (now Gyumri). |