Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War

Index

Index 327 Aaland Islands, 281 Abasov, Rovshan, 107 Abasov, Zahid, 45, 53–54, 197 Abasova, Khuraman, 15, 300 Abdullayeva, Arzu, 90 Abdusalimov, Vugar, 221 Abkhazia, 204, 232, 246, 272 Adamishin, Anatoly, 233 Afghanistan, 88, 124, 218 Agajanian, Stepan, 189 Aganbekian, Abel, 17, 20, 21 Agarunov, Albert, 314 Agayev, Mirshahin, 177 Agayev, Yusif, 167, 171, 227, 317 Agha Mohammed Khan, 189 Aghdam, 6, 15, 107, 165, 166, 170, 171, 173, 178, 188, 201, 255, 286; fall of, 215; ruins of, 6, 242, 278 Agjebedi, 5–6 AIOC (Azerbaijan International Operating Company), 252 Aivazian, Suren, 300 Akhmedov, Akhmed, 41, 302 Akhmedov, Gabil, 215, 221–23 Akopian, Aleksan, 155–56 Albanians, Caucasian, 152–57 Albright, Madeleine, 263 Ali, Kemal, 165, 168, 195, 201, 208 Ali and Nino, 99, 186 Aliev, Allahverdi, 6 Aliev, Elkhan, 1–2 Aliev, Heidar, 29, 51, 104, 271; and Armenian Genocide debate, 79; asserts control after war, 251–53; and Azerbaijan Genocide Day, 97, 98; background and career, 84–85, 306; and “Black January” in Baku, 94–95, 307; claims on amount of Azerbaijani territory occupied, 285–86; feud with Demirchian, 17, 135–136; as First Party Secretary of Azerbaijan, 134–36, 138; health problems of, 262, 282; after Key West talks, 4–5; negotiates with Kocharian, 263–65, 266–68; and 1994 ceasefire, 238–39; 1996–97 peace negotiations, 255, 258; as parliamentary speaker of Nakhichevan, 160–61, 181, 210–11; reelected president (1998), 262; and refugees, 220–21, 285; resigns from Politburo, 17; secret negotiations with Kocharian (1993), 226–27; succession to 263, 278; suspicion of military , 106, 278; takes power (1993), 214–15, 225–26 Aliev, Igrar, 155 Aliev, Ilham, 245, 263 Aliev, Jalal, 306 Alizade, Zardusht, 67, 82, 88, 89, 91 Allahverdiev, Rafael, 85 Andranik (Armenian guerrilla leader), 128, 168, 208 Andropov, Yury, 17 Ani (Armenian American woman in Nagorky Karabakh), 248–50 Anoush (Armenian living in Shusha), 49–50 Ararat, Mount, 76–77 Araxes River, 96, 143, 216, 219, 220, 227, 236 Argumenty i Fakty, 167 Armenia: acquires weapons, 197–200; army formation in, 206–9, 210, 257; Azerbaijani railway blockade of (1989), 87; Azerbaijanis deported from, 62–63, 97, 105; becomes independent state (1991), 160–61; claims on NK, 125–26, 129–31; demographics of, 133, 284, 305–6; demonstrations in (1988), 22–25, 28; earthquake in, 7, 63, 64; economic hardships of, 205–6, 270, 277; fear of Turkey, 274–75; First Republic, 60–61, Armenia (continued) 75, 127–28; inter-communal tensions in, 18–19; and Khrushchev thaw, 136–37; and 1915 Genocide, 44, 75–79, 127, 137, 249, 275, 277, 306; opposition forms in, 56–59; preparedness for war (1991), 162–64; presidential elections (1996), 257–58; presidential elections (1998), 262; shootings in parliament (1999), 265–66, 319; as Soviet Union Republic, 131–36; trade with Azerbaijan via Georgia , 269–70; “war of laws” with Azerbaijan , 60–61, 162; Yerevan Armenian Army of Independence (AAI), 111–12 Armenian Diaspora, 4, 64, 80, 207, 234, 247, 248–50, 256, 259, 264, 277 Armenian National Army (ANA), 111–12 Armenian National Movement (ANM), 62, 111, 114, 117, 122, 257, 264 Armenians of Azerbaijan, 32–36, 63, 87, 90–91, 100–105, 274, 285. See also Baku; Nagorny Karabakh (region); Sumgait Artsakh, 8, 149 Asadov, Etimar, 106 Askeran, 174; deaths at, in February 1988, 15, 300 Avsharian, Gagik, 173–74, 178–79, 184 Azerbaijan: acquires weaponry (1992), 197–99, 315; amount of territory occupied by Armenians, 285–86; becomes independent state (1991), 160–61; “Black January” in, 83, 89–95, 101–2, 274, 285; Bolshevik takeover of, 86–87, 129; claims to NK, 125–26, 129–131; Defense Ministry formed, 163–65; demographics of, 133, 284; ethnic diversity of, 29; fear of Russia, 51, 220, 274–75; first political protests in (1988), 29; First Republic of (1918–20), 96, 99, 127; formation of army, 206–9; Genocide Day in, 96–98; history of, 96, 97, 127–28; improved relations with Russia, 261–62, 266, 276; inter-communal tension in (1987), 18; and Iran, 30, 86; and Khrushchev thaw, 136–37; oil economy of, 98–99, 106–7, 252–53, 262–63, 277–78; political tensions in (1989), 86–89; preparedness for war (1991), 162–64; self-image of, 44; as Soviet Union Republic, 131–36; Sumgait crisis in, 31–44; refugees in, 5–6, 215–16, 217–24, 270, 278, 285, 304; rejects regional cooperation with Armenia, 270; state of army, 278–79; trade with Armenia via Georgia, 269–70; “war of laws...