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[edit] Lachin corridor within Azerbaijan prior to 1931
In 1923, when Lachin became the capital of the newly-formed Kurdistan Okrug, its name was changed from 'Abdallar'. The corridor constituted a part of the Kurdish autonomous unit of Azerbaijan, which is clearly seen on the following maps: http://www.kurdistanica.com/english/geography/maps/map-05.html (one of them is posted in the respective article). The corridor thus may have been claimed or controlled by Armenia within the short period of active territorial exchange in 1921-22 but never officially belonged to the Armenian SSR and subsequently could not have been "completely transferred to Azerbaijan in 1931." Parishan 00:36, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- Parishan, don't revert everything to a previous version. Instead, please make your edits on the current version so we don't lose subsequent formattings from that previous version. Cheers.Serouj 02:09, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
- I've removed the history section for now until we can come up with a definitive answer to Lachin's status prior to 1931. Many sources (Andersen, Svante Cornell, A.B. Kadishev, Artur Tsutsiev, Konstantin Bazilevich, and Audrey Altstadt) make the claim that it was under Armenian control (some citing a 1926 map as seen in the Great Soviet Encyclopedia where the Karabakh Oblast is seen geographically touching part of southeastern Armenia).
- On the other hand there's the issue of "Red Kurdistan" which seems to contradict the above assertion as Lachin would have been under Kurdish administrative control at the time.
- I say we do more research and when the full story surfaces, we can go back and change it. But for now, I purpose that we keep the history section off of the article. -- Clevelander 10:50, 16 November 2006 (UTC)
