  History Lessons in Armenia and Azerbaijan  Publisher Institute
for War and Peace Reporting Author Hayhuki Barseghyan, Shahla
Sultanova Publication Date 27 February 2012 Citation / Document
Symbol CRS Issue 631 Cite as Institute for War and Peace
Reporting, History Lessons in Armenia and Azerbaijan, 27
February 2012, CRS Issue 631, available at: [accessed 16 March
2014]  Schoolchildren in Armenia and Azerbaijan are too young to
remember the Nagorny Karabakh conflict which created so much
hostility between their countries. But their school textbooks
feed them an unbalanced view of history that some experts
believe will only harden attitudes for the future.  For decades,
when both the republics were part of a single Soviet state, many
Armenians lived in Azerbaijan – predominantly in Nagorny
Karabakh – while large numbers of Azerbaijanis lived in Armenia.
In the late 1980s, Armenians in Karabakh began campaigning for
separation from Azerbaijan. Open warfare began in 1988 and only
ended in 1994 with a ceasefire