Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

English

The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Etymology

Calque of Russian Наго́рно-Караба́хская автоно́мная о́бласть (Nagórno-Karabáxskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ).

Proper noun

Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast

1. Autonomous oblast of the Soviet Union created in the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923 and lasting until 1991.
   • 1936, Constitution of the Soviet Union; Chapter II, The Organization of the Soviet State: Article 24‎^[1], page 14:

     The Azerbaijan SSR includes the Nakhichevan Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast.

Synonyms

• Azerbaijan SSR

Translations

autonomous oblast — see also NKAO

• Armenian: Լեռնային Ղարաբաղի Ինքնավար Մարզ (Leṙnayin Ġarabaġi Inkʿnavar Marz)
• Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ Muxtar Vilayəti (az)
• Russian: Наго́рно-Караба́хская автоно́мная о́бласть (Nagórno-Karabáxskaja avtonómnaja óblastʹ)

See also

• SFSR
• Soviet Socialist Republic
• Nagorno-Karabakh Republic