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| | The Azeri Edge; With oil, questionable elections, and a rising Islamic presence, Azerbaijan may be at a crossroads ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | (The fact that Nagorno-Karabakh was home to a concentration of Armenians in Azeri territory is the vestige of the 1828 Treaty of Turkmenchay between Iran and Russia, which historically, along with Turkey, have had the greatest influence over Azeri fortunes. |
 | | Azerbaijan's first attempt at independence was short-lived, lasting two years between the 1917 collapse of czarist Russia and the invasion of the Red Army in 1920. |
 | | By 1994, the year a cease-fire was achieved, the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict had left 30,000 dead, 20 percent of Azeri territory occupied, and up to 800,000 Azeris as refugees in their own country. |
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