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1985, this disgraced plan came true: a part of Nakhchivani lands
together with other territories of Azerbaijan were given to the Ar-
menian SSR.
In 1987, Heydar Aliyev was removed from the ranks of the
USSR supreme leadership. The leadership of Azerbaijan at this
time failed to seize the political meaning of this step. History did
its part. Directly after Heydar Aliyev’s dismissal from power, an
aggressive separatist movement sought to remove Nagorno Kara-
bakh from Azerbaijan. Following this, enjoying the all-around
support of the USSR leadership, Armenia started an aggressive
war against Azerbaijan.
A few hours before the Soviet Army’s atrocities against the
peaceful population of Baku on the night of January 19-20, 1990,
Nakhchivan suffered an attack from Armenian aggressors.
Azerbaijan lost its first martyrs in Nakhchivan. Karki village
was occupied by the Armenians. An extraordinary decision was
adopted in Nakhchivan concerning the autonomous republic’s de-
parture from the USSR. In Moscow, Heydar Aliyev gave the first
Heydar Aliyev Palace. Nakhchivan.
View from the city of Nakhchivan.
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