''Azat Artsakh'' (Ազատ Արցախ in

Armenian Armenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia * Armenians, the national people of Armenia, or people of Armenian descent ** Armenian Diaspora, Armenian communities across the ...

meaning "Free Artsakh) is the official newspaper of the

Republic of Artsakh Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former ...

published in Armenian. It was established on 16 June 1923. The paper had been known under several names, initially as ''Geghtchouk'' (Գեղջուկ in Armenian, meaning "Villager"). The name was changed to ''Khorherdayin Karabakh'' (Խորհրդային Ղարաբաղ - meaning "

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...

Karabakh Karabakh ( az, Qarabağ ; hy, Ղարաբաղ, Ġarabaġ ) is a geographic region in present-day southwestern Azerbaijan and eastern Armenia, extending from the highlands of the Lesser Caucasus down to the lowlands between the rivers Kura and ...

"), and much later to ''Artsakh'' (Արցախ in Armenian, Artsakh being the Armenian equivalent for Karabakh), and with the establishment of

Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Artsakh, officially the Republic of Artsakh () or the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (),, is a breakaway state in the South Caucasus whose territory is internationally recognised as part of Azerbaijan. Artsakh controls a part of the former N ...

, it was renamed ''Mountainous Karabakh Republic'' (ԼՂ Հանրապետություն in Armenian) and, then, finally renamed ''Azat Artsakh''. The newspaper also has online edition in Armenian,

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and

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External links

''Azat Arsakh'' website
Republic of Artsakh Nagorno-Karabakh Newspapers established in 1923 Armenian-language newspapers {{Artsakh-stub

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