Republic of Artsakh

Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus. It controls part of the former Nagorno- Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, including the capital of Stepanakert. It is effectively an enclave within Azerbaijan, connected to Armenia only by a 5 km wide corridor maintained by a Russian peacekeeping force. The country is very mountainous,...