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Nagorno-Karabakh, officially the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, is a republic in the South Caucasus recognised only by three non-United Nations (UN) states

Recognised by the UN as part of Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh controls most of the territory of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast and some of the surrounding area, giving it a border with Armenia to the west and Iran to the south

The predominantly Armenian-populated region of Nagorno-Karabakh was claimed by both the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic and the First Republic of Armenia when both countries became independent in 1918

After the Soviet Union established control over the area, it created the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast (NKAO) within the Azerbaijan SSR in 1923

In the final years of the Soviet Union, the region re-emerged as a source of dispute between Armenia and Azerbaijan

In 1991, a referendum held in the NKAO and the neighbouring Shahumian region resulted in a declaration of independence

Large-scale ethnic conflict led to the 1991–1994 Nagorno-Karabakh War, which ended with a ceasefire that left the current borders