An important historical fact regarding the right of armenians of
artsakh to self-determination:
During the sovietization of Armenia in 1920 The Revolutionary
Committee of Azerbaijan issued a statement on November 30, 1920 stating that
there was no longer a border issue between Soviet Azerbaijan and Soviet
Armenia, Zangezur and Nakhichevan passed to Armenia, and the mountainous part
of Karabakh was given the right to self-determination. The decree was published
in the Baku "Communist" newspaper on December 2, 1920.
Moreover, the Revolutionary Committee of Azerbaijan thereafter
announced: "From today, border disputes between Armenia and Azerbaijan are
non-existent. Nagorno Karabakh, Zangezur and Nakhichevan are considered parts
of the Soviet Armenia." The decision-application was published in the 1920
issue of the Yerevan "Communist" newspaper in its December 7th issue.
It is an interesting fact that the Caucasian bureau of the
Central Committee of the RC (b) on June 3, 1921, instructed the government of
Soviet Armenia to declare "Nagorno Karabakh belonging to Armenia" in
a Declaration. The decision of the Bureau was made unanimously, the chairman of
the Revolutionary Committee of Azerbaijan N. Narimanov was among those who
supported it.
In fulfillment of the decision of the Caucasus Bureau, the
People's Council of the USSR, the Prime Minister A. Myasnikyan, 1921 adopted a
corresponding statement on June 12:
“Based on the declaration of the Revolutionary Committee of the
Soviet Socialist Republic of Azerbaijan and the agreement between the
governments of the Soviet Socialist Republics of Armenia and Azerbaijan, it is
announced that Nagorno-Karabakh is now an integral part of the Soviet Socialist
Republic of Armenia."
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