Gandazasar, Nagorno-Karabakh
Nagorno-Karabakh (Լեռնային Ղարաբաղ or Lernayin Gharabagh) is an autonomous Oblast and de facto independent republic in Azerbaijan, currently under the control of Armenian forces in the Caucasus who declared independence in 1991, at the beginning of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, ending in 1994 with the local Armenian population in control of the region. The Area is also commonly referred to as Artsakh, after the ancient Armenian province of the same area.