Karabakh Governorate General
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Karabakh Governorate General Qarabağ general-qubernatorluğu | |||||||||
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| Capital | Shusha (January 15, 1919–April 29, 1920) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Azerbaijani Turkish | ||||||||
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| Government | Governor- generalship | ||||||||
| Khosrov bey Sultanov | |||||||||
• Deputy Governor General | Guda Gudiyev | ||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar period | ||||||||
• Established | 15 January 1919 | ||||||||
• Sovietization | 29 April 1920 | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 1919 | 121.216[1] | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Azerbaijan | ||||||||
Karabakh governorate-general (Azerbaijani: Qarabağ general-qubernatorluğu) was a temporary administrative regime established in Karabakh due to new territorial claims of Armenians against Azerbaijan during the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic.
Due to the events in Karabakh, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Azerbaijan People's Republic proposed the creation of a temporary governor general based on the uezds of Shusha, Jevanshir, Jebrail and Zangezur in early January 1919. The government accepted this proposal and on January 13, 1919, issued a decision to establish a temporary governor general in those provinces.[2] Khosrov bey Sultanov was appointed to this position on January 29.[2] Concerned about the steps of the Azerbaijani Government, Armenia made an open claim to Nagorno-Karabakh under such circumstances. In its response note on January 31, the Government of Azerbaijan stated that Karabakh is historically an integral part of Azerbaijan and assessed Armenia's objection to the establishment of the Karabakh governorate as an attack on Azerbaijan's sovereignty and an attempt to interfere in its internal affairs.
On February 1, 1919, Rotmistr Guda Gudiyev was appointed deputy of the governor-general of Karabagh, Khosrov Bey Sultanov.[3]