The present conflict began Process_start in 1988 , when the Karabakh Armenians demanded Request that Karabakh be transferred Giving from Soviet Azerbaijan to Soviet Armenia .

The present conflict began Process_start in 1988 , when the Karabakh Armenians demanded Request that Karabakh be transferred Giving from Soviet Azerbaijan to Soviet Armenia .

Sultanov was an Azerbaijani of Kurdish origin known Know for his anti-Armenian views Perception_active , and this decision Deciding was strenuously opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the Armenian population of Karabakh , led by the Karabakh 's Armenian Council , which favored Nagorno-Karabakh 's unification with the newly established Building Republic of Armenia .

Sultanov was an Azerbaijani of Kurdish origin known Know for his anti-Armenian views Perception_active , and this decision Deciding was strenuously opposed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the Armenian population of Karabakh , led by the Karabakh 's Armenian Council , which favored Nagorno-Karabakh 's unification with the newly established Building Republic of Armenia .

As the war progressed Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale , Armenia and Azerbaijan , both former Soviet Republics , entangled Participation themselves in protracted Change_event_time , undeclared mountain warfare Hostile_encounter in the mountainous heights of Karabakh as Azerbaijan attempted to curb Hindering the secessionist movement in Nagorno-Karabakh .

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 conflicts involved Cause_to_be_included civilians in the disputed Quarreling districts of Kazakh-Shamshadin , Zanghezur , Nakhchivan and Karabakh .