Nagorno-Karabakh Votes to Join Armenia, Triggering War, February 20, 1988
The Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast votes to secede from Azerbaijan and join Armenia, triggering the First Nagorno-Karabakh War.
Date: February 20, 1988
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