Martuni Rayon (NKAO)
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Martuni Rayon was one of the five rayons of the former Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
(NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (AzSSR).
Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast was an autonomous oblast within the borders of the Azerbaijan SSR, mostly inhabited by ethnic Armenians and created on July 7, 1923. According to Karl R. DeRouen it was created as an enclave so that a narrow strip of land would separate it from Armenia proper....
(NKAO) of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic (AzSSR).