The support and protection of the Soviet government to armed Armenian separatists was coming to light during that period. In order to implement his mean plans connected with the autonomous province of Nagorno Karabakh, Mikhail Gorbachev distanced the most important obstacle - Heydar Aliyev - from the political bureau. After that Armenian academician A.Aganbekyan of Gorbachov's grouping, reported that he had made a proposal to the Soviet leadership concerning the Upper Karabakh and expressed hope that the problem will find its solution in the conditions of democracy and reconstruction

THE BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT
The Armenia's claims on Azerbaijani lands, as well as the Upper Karabakh formed pars of its strategy of the establishment of the Great Armenia. Therefore, Armenia always tried to make use of favorable conditions to achieve their goals. When pro-Armenian M.S.Gorbachyov was elected the head of USSR in 1985, Armenians intensified their activity again.

Modern tarih
1828'de Rusya İmparatorluğu'nun egemenliğine
girmiştir. 1918-1920'de Kafkasya Kurultayı'nı
toplamış ve 28 Mayıs 1918'de de Azerbaycan
Demokratik Cumhuriyeti'ni kurmuşlardır. Bu devlet
Orta Doğu'da ilk cumhuriyet olmuştur. [44] Ancak
1920'de Kafkasya ötesi Sosyalist Sovyet
Cumhuriyetler Birliği 'ne katılmıştır. 30 Ağustos
1991'de SSCB çöküşüyle bağımsızlığını yeniden ilan
etmiştir.
Bugüne kadar Kafkaslarda Türkçülük hareketlerinin
merkezi hep Bakü olmuştur [45] . Bu düşüncenin önde
gelenleri Hüseynzade Ali Turan , Ahmet Ağaoğlu,
Alimerdan Topçubaşov idi.

Azerbaycan'daki en eski insan yerleşimleri Taş
Devri 'ne kadar uzanır, bu yerleşimin bulgularına Azıh
Mağarası'nda rastlanmıştır ve Kuruçay kültürü adıyla
tanınır. [32] Eski Taş Çağı ve Tunç Çağı ile ilgili
kalıntılara ise Tağılar, Damcılı, Zar, Yatak-yeri adlı
yerleşim merkezlerinde yer alan mağaralarda ve
Leylatepe ile Saraytepe nekropollerinde ulaşılmıştır.
Azerbaycan'da milattan önce dokuzuncu yüzyılda, ilk
İskit yerleşimleri başladı. İskitlerin ardından İranlı
Medler , Aras Nehri 'nin güneyindeki bölgeye hakim
oldular. [25] Medler, MÖ. 900–700 arasında büyük bir
imparatorluk kurdular ancak MÖ 549 yılında yıkıldılar
ve topraklarına Ahameniş İmparatorluğu sahip oldu.
Ahamenişlerin, Azerbaycan topraklarını da ele
geçirmesi üzerine buralarda Zerdüştlük yayılmaya
başladı. [33] Daha sonra Büyük İskender 'in
imparatorluğu Azerbaycan'da egemen oldu,
devamında Selevkos İmparatorluğu'na bağlandı.
Romalılar da Roma İmparatorluğu döneminde buraya
yerleşti. Bölgenin asıl yerlileri olan Albanyalılar MÖ.
dördüncü yüzyılda bir imparatorluk kurdular. Bu
dönemde Zerdüştlük, Atropatena ve Kafkasya
coğrafyasında yayıldı. Antik dönemde yaşayan
Azerbaycan insanları, Eski Azerice'yi konuştular.
Feodal dönem

Thanks Maral)

20 January 1990 is a day, which went down in history of the struggle for the freedom and territorial integrity of Azerbaijan, as a heroism page. Leading of the battle divisions of the Soviet army aimed against wide mass who got out in the streets and squares of Baku to protest against aggressive actions of Armenia, which was raising territorial claims to our country, against protection rendered to this country by the government of the former USSR had brought to the unprecedented tragedy in Azerbaijan. On those terrible days valiant sons and daughters of our Motherland, the country’s freedom, honor and dignity of whom was above all, sacrificed their own lives and rose to the top of shahid.Tragedy of January 20, which brought to huge losses and destruction of innocent people, demonstrated martial spirit, inexorability and pride of our nation, which couldn’t stand the policy of the government of Gorbachev headed criminal empire treacherous towards Azerbaijan, intended to the freedom and independence. As a result of it, we gained our independence many years we had been dreaming of and our country had achieved sovereignty.

Armenian military forces committed genocide acts in the town of Khojaly, Azerbaijan, with the population of 7,000 people on Feb. 26 1992. There were 3,000 people in the town at the time of Armenian military forces' attack. Most part of the population had to leave town during four months blockade. 613 people were killed, 1,000 peaceful people of different age became invalid during Khojaly genocide. 106 women, 63 children, 70 old men were killed. 8 families were completely annihilated, 130 children lost one parents, while 25 both of them. 1,275 peace residents were taken hostages, while the fate of 150 of them is still unknown

 
At night from February 25 to 26, 1992 the military forces of Armenia and illegal armed units of the local Armenians in Nagorno Karabakh supported by staff and fighting equipment of the 366th motor-shooting regiment of the former Soviet army deployed in Khankendi seized Khojaly city and committed an act of genocide against Azerbaijani people. On that night 613 civilians, including 63 children, 106 women, and 70 elderly people were tortured and brutally killed, hundreds of people became captives, hosta ges and missing.