Situated within neighboring Azerbaijan, but inhabited mainly by ethnic Armenians, Karabakh was one of the first of many simmering conflicts which accompanied and perhaps even ushered in the collapse of the former Soviet Union.
Situado dentro de la vecina Azerbaiyán, aunque habitado principalmente por personas de etnia armenia, Karabakh fue uno de los muchos conflictos a punto de estallar que acompañó, y quizás hasta anunció, el colapso de la ex Unión Soviética.