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 | | In 1991, the First Secretary of the Azerbaijan Communist Party, Ayaz Mutalibov, who initially was aligned with Moscow, seeking protection both from Armenian separatists and Azeri nationalists, came to realize that Russia could not provide such protection after the failed coup against M. Gorbachev. |
 | | Faced with large nationalist demonstration in Baku, Mutalibov disbanded the Azerbaijan Supreme Soviet, replacing it with an appointed National Council in which both nationalists and Communists were represented. |
 | | In 1992, Mutalibov was forced to resign under the pressure from nationalists, who resented the decision to join CIS and blamed the Communist-dominated authorities for heavy losses in Karabakh. |
| www.eisenhowerinstitute.org /programs/globalpartnerships/islamicworld/project-papers/prygoda-Azer2.htm (1051 words) |
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