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History and Hatred

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GEGER RIYANTO
· 6 minutes read
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When the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict erupted, leading to the loss of more than 25,000 lives, many people saw it as an excess of the weakening Soviet Union. Groups existing under Soviet Union rule began to be daring in demanding their autonomy. The Soviet authorities were slow in responding to the political instability. As a result, conflicts with other ethnicities were inevitable.

However, upon a closer look, what truly triggered the Nagorno-Karabakh war was the imagined history filled with hatred and fear. As the clash with Azerbaijani people erupted and many Armenians lost their lives, this made them recall the genocide against their ethnicity in the early 20th century.

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