The Armenian–Tatar massacres ( also known as the Armenian-Tartar war , the Armeno-Tartar war and , more recently , the Azeri-Armenian war ) refers Adducing to the bloody inter-ethnic confrontation between Armenians and Azerbaijanis ( at the time commonly referred Adducing to as `` Caucasian Tatars '' or `` Tatars of the Caucasus '' ) throughout the Russian Caucasus in 1905–1907 .

It seems Change_sentiment that in some cases ( Baku , Elizavetpol ) the Azerbaijanis fired Use_firearm the first shots , in other cases ( Shusha , Tiflis ) the Armenians . ''

The clashes were not confined to the towns , and , according to Swietochowswki , citing Adducing Armenian sources 128 Armenian and 158 Azerbaijani villages were destroyed Destroying or pillaged Robbery , while the overall estimates of lives lost Earnings_and_losses vary widely , ranging from 3,000 to 10,000 , with Azerbaijanis suffering Confronting_problem higher losses , which stemmed Preventing_or_letting from Azeri mobs being organized Arranging poorly and Dashnaks on the Armenian side being more effective .

The demand Request to unify with Armenia began Process_start in a relatively peaceful manner in 1988 ; in the following months , as the Soviet Union disintegrated Change , it gradually grew Expansion into an increasingly violent conflict Hostile_encounter between Armenians and Azerbaijanis , resulting in Causation claims Statement of ethnic cleansing by both sides .

As many as 230,000 Armenians from Azerbaijan and 800,000 Azerbaijanis from Armenia and Karabakh have been displaced as a result of the conflict Hostile_encounter .

The Capture Conquering of Shusha , referred Statement to by Armenians as the Liberation of Shushi ( `` Shushii azatagrum '' ) or Wedding Social_event in the mountains operation ( ) and by Azerbaijanis as the Occupation of Shusha ( ) was the first significant military victory by Armenian forces during the Nagorno-Karabakh War .