Thanks Armenator jan!

It's a pleasure, thank you, I hope he does!

Did real-life lore ever reach out to you guys?

Nope!

Totally normal practice 😂

Thanks very much, I hope so too!

As a Parskahay with roots in Nakhchivan I would love to see a video on Armenian history in that region

I have no idea how they can get a lower score than TALIBAN CONTROLLED AFGHANISTAN!

Well, first of all - it's not "Nakhchivan". It's "Nakhijevan" (Նախիջեւան) or "Nakhtchawan" (Նախճաւան), both of which are Armenian names. The reason this region is under Azerbaijani occupation is because the Soviet Russians wanted to appease Turkey, which wanted land access to the mainland - although newly created - Azerbaijan. They basically handed it over to AzSSR authorities, and determined that Artsakh (Mountainous Karabagh) was to be included in the AzSSR as well. Once Nakhijevan/Nakhtchawan was handed over....cue extermination of Armenians, forced deportations and destruction of cultural heritage, including the Jugha cemetery with cross-stones (khachqar, խաչքար) dating back to the 9th century. The Azerbaijanis tried to do the same thing in Artsakh (Mountainous Karabagh), but this time the Armenians mobilized and violently resisted, expelling all Azerbaijanis from the region and its' 7 adjacent districts (these are internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, unlike Artsakh).

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Thanks for being here. New video coming soon!

@@AkravHistory thanks. I'm new to the topic but I often hear azeries complain that azeri refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh had no right to return. is there a group where people can discuss things like this ? maybe a discord?

Thank you for your kind words and support. It's heartening to see solidarity from our friends in Bulgaria 🇧🇬. Your engagement helps us reach more people and raise awareness!

There isn't really a conflict anymore, Armenia gave up on the region

Thank you so much, that's amazing!

@@AkravHistory Yeah thanks a lot for the vid❤

Thanks for watching!

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it. I hope he does too!

I definitely think it comes out of a desire to portray a conflict as being "complicated" or “nuanced” in the sense that neither side is clearly right or wrong. But this kind of attempt at objectivity can be just as misleading IMO.

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With this logic armenia belongs to russia. I am not talking about ancient world but few hundred years ago

@@sohrabasgerli1432 the difference is an expansionist and pretty short lived empire and a land that has been in Armenia since ancient times and has always been almost completely populated by Armenians. By your logic is Azerbaijan a part of Persia?

Thank you very much, glad it was helpful!

Thanks for dropping in, glad you enjoyed the video! Happy to see France stand on the right side of history!

Thank you very much, glad you did!

Thanks very much, that's all we can do and hope for the best!

Thank you so much, that means a lot!

You're very welcome

Glad to hear that! I do hope he sees it and takes another look into it.

It is sad. Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it!

We can't just say that Azerbaijan is fully bad guy. Even in USSR times Azerbaijan tried to help Atmenia for the Earthquake happened but Armenia regretted help and bombed Helicopter of Azerbaijan and then an Azerbaijani guy just showed himself like a Russian to help Armenians. That is just... I don't know.. We can't look at the situation in one way. Why Armenia had it's anger on Azerbaijan ftom USSR times??

@@AkravHistory C’mon kiddo. Answer this good question with your 5 years old kindergarden kid brain. And if you are such smart then talk about the Khojaly victims. Get caurage. ANSWER !!!

Thanks very much axper!

The entire r/Armenia community is here, love these familiar usernames

@@AuditorMadness ikr lmao

@@AuditorMadness Yesss!!

Thank you very much for watching and the kind words. Comments like these make the whole thing worth it!

There you go. Glad you ended up here, thanks for dropping a comment!

It's a pleasure, thank you very much!

It's a pleasure, thank you for watching!

Thank you for watching! Just yesterday Aliyev said Azerbaijan has more friends in the CSTO than Armenia. And for once, he's right!

@@AkravHistory So, effectively, Armenia's CSTO membership is defunct and useless? That's frustrating and also disloyal from the other members.

You're right, it's useless... for Armenia. But the CSTO exists to serve Russian interests, and it that regard it's less useless!

Hello, thanks for reaching out. As you probably already know, the Turkic tribes were first introduced to the region around the 11th century and assimilated many local populations, often violently. I would say the animosity dates back to that introduction of the Turkic tribes into anatolia. If you do a DNA test on Azerbaijanis, most would show closer proximity to Persians than those central asian Turkic tribes. Similarly, people in Turkey would be closer to Greeks, Armenians and Kurds. Historically when things aren't going well in a country, they often blame minorities, as they did in the Ottoman empire, starting with the Armenians. It was just too advantageous for them to fan the flames of this animosity, even when it resulted in genocide. After the Armenians were erased, they blamed the Kurds. The animosity was further exacerbated by the Russians as they divided borders along arbitrary lines, such as including Artsakh into Azerbaijan SSR, effectively making themselves the guarantor of peace and stability in the region. Azerbaijan today is an oil-rich dictatorship but most of its population lives in poor conditions because their wealth overwhelmingly concentrated at the top. In order to maintain this status, it's still advantageous for the ruling Aliyev regime to keep fanning the flames of the animosity. I have videos going through Azerbaijani history books that claim Azerbaijani Turks had been living in Azerbaijan since the dawn of mankind whereas Armenians were moved there by the Russians. This of course has zero academic support, but it keeps people looking outwardly at Armenians as the enemy.

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My pleasure! Thank you for watching!

Thank you kindly! I agree, I hope he does better.

Dump Russia!

Thanks very much!

Thanks so much for watching and engaging. You're right, I too have enjoyed his videos, all the more important to bring the criticism to his attention, hopefully!

Thank you kindly!

Thank you!

Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed it! I'd guess it's a combination of shallow research and going out of their way to appear impartial.

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Thank you!

@@AkravHistory There one point, that I don't quite agree with though.. Related to the 2018 revolution, you mention, that Armenia started leaning more towards west. However, even before the revolution, Pashinyan was mentioning that Armenia will be pro-Armenian. And will be negotiating with everyone for Armenian interests, regardless if it's Russia or west. However Russian government didn't like that and they had everything planned beforehand. And started propaganda against Pashinyan as if he is a traitor. It's sad that Russia always treated us as an enemy and not as an allie. I hope we will manage to become truly independent and have strong wester allies. I truly believe and hope that everything will be good for Armenia in the nearest future. Cheers!

Thanks for the comment, I don't disagree with you, sounds about right!

@@AkravHistory Thanks for your quick response, support and sharing all this information once again!

It's a pleasure, thanks for watching!

Thank you very much!

Georgia - Azerbaijan relations are pretty healthy. They have pipelines going around Armenia through Georgia. Furthermore, Azerbaijan constantly tries to pander to Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine making the case that they too have "separatists", when Artsakh is an entirely different case. I talk more about this in my Armenians in Ukraine video!

It's hard to say definitively. On one hand, Armenia is developing so fast economically and on civil liberty metrics that the future looks very promising, barring outside interference. On the other hand, outside interference is a very real threat in the form of Turkey, Azerbaijan, and not least, Russia. Personally, I'm optimistic with the increasing Western engagement in the region. The new EU border monitoring mission in Armenia has the dictators from Azerbaijan and Russia complaining every chance they get, so Armenia must be doing something right to finally gain her full independence, so to speak. Whether or not I'll eat those words someday in the future remains to be seen! Thanks very much for watching and commenting!

@@AkravHistory So funny thing is I didn’t see the rest of your channel until after I typed. Are you Armenian yourself? I’d say Armenia needs to leave the CSTO ASAP and apply for NATO membership when possible. Turkey blocking other countries from joining is making the EU fume and Turkey is likely not going to continue getting away with it.

@@andrewrogers3067 What do you mean about the channel? Unfortunately, history doesn't agree with that. Turkey somehow always seems to get away with it. As much as I'd love to see Armenia in NATO, unfortunately, it's not realistic. If they're not letting Sweden or Finland in, can you imagine them ever letting Armenia in? The CSTO is meaningless and Armenia didn't send any assistance to Russia's invasion, and have even been defiantly refusing to take part in any exercies. Nobody in the CSTO seems to care about the CSTO as much as Westerners using it to justify not helping Armenia. We have to be better!

@@AkravHistory Well most of your videos are about Armenia and Armenian history. And don’t worry I don’t have an issue with Armenia, I’m from the U.S myself. The Sweden debacle is getting many EU countries extraordinarily aggravated at Turkey, with some even withholding support due to the earthquake because of it. If Sweden does join NATO three at least some chance Armenia can as well. Of course a smooth transition would be Turkey being kicked out. The CSTO is absolutely worthless, aside from Belarus, I think Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan are also refusing to help.

@@andrewrogers3067 Oh yes, the channel is basically me rediscovering my roots and documenting the process, usually in a lighter mood. I just don't see Turkey being kicked out of NATO or them ever accepting Armenia in, unfortunately. But I appreciate your optimism! Regarding the CSTO, not many in Armenia were surprised or were expecting much from it. For some reason the headlines in the news all seem to suggest that Armenia is so shocked that Russia didn't come to help. Armenians in general have known for quite a while.

Thank you for watching!

You're right, they control the village but there's still a corridor there, no? They just moved to a new road was my understanding.

@@AkravHistory There is a new corridor through a border village in Armenia that is currently acting as a road (it's a dirt road right now) leading to Stepanakert and there was newly constructed roads on the Azerbaijan side for Russian peacekeepers to move there. It's a dangerous political game at the moment. Unfortunately, the villages that have been captured and other towns including shushi that were already liberated in 2020 is being used as military bases.

Thank you! Cheers!

Appreciate it!

Well said, thanks for dropping in!

@@AkravHistory de nada, first got interested from Popular Front's podcast about stolen armenian voices. Thanks for producing, your voice is heard

Shnorhagalutyun!

Thank you very much!

Thanks!

Thank you kindly! ❤️

@@AkravHistory Also thank you very much for the real information 😉👍

It's a pleasure, thanks for watching!

Glad you enjoyed it! I enjoy RealLifeLore too, but setting the record straight was necessary.

Thanks, facts are preferable!

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Thank you so much!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you for watching - sorry for the confusion. The title isn't implying that everything is wrong in RLL's video, but that my video will talk about everything that is wrong in RLL's video. Hope that's clearer. Thanks for the input!

Du apres!

Thank you!

Thank you very much Pablo, glad you dropped by!

Thank you for watching it!

Thank you for pointing that out, I did not know that!

@@AkravHistory Me neither xD. I don't blame you, since the information is not well known, and there may be some more examples, but either way your point with Aliyevs remain.

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Let's try to change that!

Thank you kindly. Sending all the love to Ireland!

Still really good video though, and I actually learned a lot of things I didn't know about the conflict (notably the sheer degree of western involvement in the new ceasefire and the legality of artsakh's independence referendum)

It's not like they treat Syria with care and attention either. Feels more like "there's war there and we can't do anything about it".

Thank you very much!

I know right? Seems like it's one Iranian flag. If I had to guess, I'd say this was around the time when the protests in Iran were in full swing and there were some anti-regime Iranian protests in US/Europe as well.

Thanks for watching, I hope so too!

Well I'm glad they're the minority then!

@@AkravHistory me too

Thank you for your kind words. Indeed, it's a tragic for the everyday Azerbaijani. I share the hope for a future where our neighbors can experience freedom and democracy, akin to Armenia. Blessings to you as well.

Tanxxxxxx!

@@AkravHistory Ahhhhh

Thanks for the comment! Yeah, I was informed about some of his other blunders. Oh well!

Thanks so much! That's right, I think they were mistakes or just trying hard to be "balanced". I don't think it was malicious intent, but one could make an argument against maintaining neutrality in the face of a regime like Azerbaijan's.

Thank you, agreed!

Sure. The West stopped the last invasion, followed by a border monitoring mission that looks like had a much greater effect than the CSTO ever did, and 2.6 billion euro investment not that long ago. What has Russia done for Armenia?

According to the Democracy Index, Armenia ranks 89th in the world and Azerbaijan ranks 141. Let's not put them on the same level. And perhaps more importantly than that, the trend for Armenia has been going up year after year, whereas Azerbaijan has stayed the same (it can't go much lower). Some infographics for you: imgur.com/a/3DLrf1q

So "Lachin Corridor" is a "state of fact", but "Republic of Artsakh" isn't?

@@AkravHistory It was. It no longer exist though. I am just tired of people making a fuss over "corridor" terminology.

@@az7411 "It was" lmao. Artsakh de facto exists. Who do you think is running Stepanakert? Certainly not the Russians.

Bro you literally have a Anime Profile Picture

Thanks for the comment! I would counter that it was Serzh Sargsyan who broke off CEPA negotiations with the EU, to pursue membership in the Russian-led Eurasian Union. But correct me if I'm wrong!

​@@AkravHistory Serj wanted to make an approach to Europe yes.. but eventually broke off the negotiations as you say, because Russia was already pressuring and threatening him, just like Pashinyan, who started his campaigns being a solid anti-russian to nowdays succumb into Kremlin influence and trying shynessly to split from Russia. It was not the only threat from Kremlin to Serj administration, there were also several cases, such Defense Minister Vigen Sargsyan in 2016/18 traveling to China in order to buy weapons and getting warned by Russia, Lukashenko conversations with Serj, and etc etc. Dont misunderstand me, im not protecting Serj nor attacking him, he was a corrupt, he was running a network of mafia inside the country and ruined economically the country, but one cant argue that he was a very patriotic man (in his manner) and held Armenia high outside the country. This and many moves of Serj pissed off Kremlin, thats why the Velvet revolution consipracies exist such as Serj or Russians allowing Nikol to come to power, although i have no opinion about this, they are just mere hypotesis

Sounds plausible, I don't see anything obviously wrong with that hypothesis. Either way, I for one am glad about the reduced Russian influence that resulted and the moves towards the West that followed.

@@AkravHistory Yes, cutting ties with miserable Russia would be a sweet goal, but a dangerous one at the same time. West is not a dreamland either, they can be as despicable as Russia under the "democracy" title. We just have to strenghten the country and gain time by playing both sides, it seems the most acceptable plan.. for now.

Agreed!

Thank you

Thanks very much!

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