2023-MAR-13

Polity Timeline
ARTSAKH

Flag or logo changes:

1900-01-01:

SHUSHA Uyezd

(Shusha)

- SHUSHA

1914-11-19:

SHUSHA Uyezd

(Shusha)

- SHUSHA

1917-09-14:

SHUSHA Uyezd

(Shusha)

- SHUSHA

1917-11-08:

SHUSHA Uyezd

(Shusha)

- SHUSHA

1918-05-28:

SHUSHA Uyezd

(Shusha)

- SHUSHA

1918-07-22:

Armenian People´s Government of KARABAKH

(Khankendi)

- KARABAKH

1919-08-26:

Government of KARABAKH [part of Azerbaijan]

(Khankendi)

- KARABAKH

1920-05-16:

Armenian Government of KARABAKH [part of Azerbaijan]

(Khankendi)

- KARABAKH

1920-06-09:

Government of KARABAKH

(Khankendi)

- KARABAKH

1921-07-16:

Soviet Russian Occupied MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Region

(Khankendi)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1922-12-30:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Region part of Azerbaijan

(Khankendi)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1925-03-14:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1929-01-01:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1937-03-14:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1940-03-20:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1952-10-07:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1988-07-01:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1989-01-12:

Direct Soviet Administration of MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1991-09-02:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Oblast

(Khankendi)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1991-09-03:

Armenian Republic of MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH : Artsakh Republic

(Khankendi)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1992-06-02:

Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Karabakh : NAGORNY-KARABAKH

(Stepanakert)

- ARTSAKH

Emblem or Symbol changes:

1900-01-01:

SHUSHA Uyezd

(Shusha)

- SHUSHA

1918-06-04:

Autonomous Region of KARABAKH

(Khankendi)

- KARABAKH

1918-09-16:

Armenian People´s Government of KARABAKH

(Khankendi)

- KARABAKH

1918-10-19:

Armenian People´s Government of KARABAKH

(Khankendi)

- KARABAKH

1921-07-16:

Soviet Russian Occupied MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Region

(Khankendi)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1922-12-30:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Region part of Azerbaijan

(Khankendi)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1937-03-14:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1988-07-01:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

(Stepanakert)

- MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1992-06-02:

Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Karabakh : NAGORNY-KARABAKH

(Stepanakert)

- ARTSAKH

Sovereignty changes:

1900-01-01:

RUSSIA

1905-01-01:

CAUCASUS +

RUSSIA +

1917-03-09:

RUSSIA

1917-11-08:

SOVIET RUSSIA

1918-02-24:

TRANSCAUCASIA +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1918-04-22:

TRANSCAUCASIA

1918-05-26:

AZERBAIJAN

1918-05-28:

OTTOMAN TURKEY

1918-09-16:

AZERBAIJAN +

OTTOMAN TURKEY +

1918-10-19:

ARMENIA

1919-08-26:

AZERBAIJAN

1920-04-27:

ARMENIA +

AZERBAIJAN +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1920-06-09:

ARMENIA

1920-11-29:

ARMENIA +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1921-07-13:

AZERBAIJAN +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1922-03-12:

AZERBAIJAN +

TRANSCAUCASIA +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1922-12-13:

TRANSCAUCASIA +

SOVIET RUSSIA +

1936-12-05:

AZERBAIDZHAN +

SOVIET UNION +

1989-01-12:

SOVIET UNION

1990-08-27:

AZERBAIJAN +

SOVIET UNION +

1991-12-25:

AZERBAIJAN

1992-01-06:

ARMENIA +

ARTSAKH +

Capital Local Name changes:

1900-01-01:

Shusha

1918-04-22:

Şuşa

1918-06-04:

Khankendi

1923-07-07:

Step´anakert

1991-08-30:

Xankandi

1991-11-26:

Xankəndi

1992-01-06:

Step´anakert

Local Name of Country changes:

1900-01-01:

SHUSHA

1918-04-22:

ŞUŞA

1918-06-04:

KARABAGH

1918-07-22:

QARABAKH

1918-10-19:

GHARABAGH

1919-08-26:

QARABAKH

1920-06-09:

GHARABAGH

1920-09-01:

ZANGEZUR ARZACH

1920-11-29:

ZANGEZUR I KARABAKH

1920-12-02:

ARZACH

1920-12-25:

NAGORNY-KARABAKH

1991-09-03:

ARZACH

1992-01-06:

LERNAYIN GHARABAGH

2017-03-10:

ARTS´AKH

Status changes:

1900-01-01:

SHUSHA Uyezd

1918-06-04:

Autonomous Region of KARABAKH

1918-07-22:

Armenian People´s Government of KARABAKH

1919-08-26:

Government of KARABAKH [part of Azerbaijan]

1920-04-27:

Armenian Government of KARABAKH [part of Azerbaijan]

1920-06-09:

Government of KARABAKH

1920-09-01:

Region of ZANGEZUR AND KARABAKH [Armenian Occupation and ceded to Azerbaijan]

1920-12-02:

Armenian Region of KARABAKH

1920-12-25:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Region

1921-04-02:

Autonomous Region of MOUNTAINOUS ARTSAKH

1921-07-05:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Region

1921-07-13:

Soviet Russian Occupied MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Region

1922-12-30:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Region part of Azerbaijan

1923-07-07:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

1989-01-12:

Direct Soviet Administration of MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Autonomous Oblast

1989-11-28:

Direct Soviet Administration of MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Oblast

1989-12-01:

National Council of MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH

1990-08-27:

MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH Oblast

1991-09-03:

Armenian Republic of MOUNTAINOUS KARABAKH : Artsakh Republic

1991-11-26:

Republic of NAGORNY-KARABAKH : Artsakh Republic

1992-06-02:

Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Karabakh : NAGORNY-KARABAKH

2006-12-10:

ARTSAKH Republic of Mountainous Karabakh

Ruler changes:

1992-01-06:

Republic of NAGORNY-KARABAKH : Artsakh Republic

(Stepanakert)

- Leonard Petrosyan
(Leonard Georgiyevich Petrosyan)

1992-01-08:

Republic of NAGORNY-KARABAKH : Artsakh Republic

(Stepanakert)

- Artur Mkrtchyan
(Artur Aslanovich Mkrtchyan)

1992-04-15:

Republic of NAGORNY-KARABAKH : Artsakh Republic

(Stepanakert)

- Georgy Petrosyan
(Georgy Mikhaylovich Petrosyan)

1993-06-14:

Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Karabakh : NAGORNY-KARABAKH

(Stepanakert)

- Garen Baburyan
(Garen Zarmayrovich Baburyan)

1994-12-29:

Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Karabakh : NAGORNY-KARABAKH

(Stepanakert)

- Robert Kocharyan
(Robert Sedraki Kocharyan)

1997-03-20:

Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Karabakh : NAGORNY-KARABAKH

(Stepanakert)

- Leonard Petrosyan
(Leonard Georgiyevich Petrosyan)

1997-09-08:

Artsakh Republic of Mountainous Karabakh : NAGORNY-KARABAKH

(Stepanakert)

- Arkady Ghoukasyan
(Arkady Arshavirovich Gukasyan)

2007-09-07:

ARTSAKH Republic of Mountainous Karabakh

(Stepanakert)

- Bako Sahakyan
(Bako Sahakovich Sahakyan)

2020-05-21:

ARTSAKH Republic of Mountainous Karabakh

(Stepanakert)

- Arayik Arutyunyan
(Arayik Vladimiri Arutyunyan)