Karabakh Committee

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Karabakh Committee was a group of Armenian intellectuals recognized by many Armenians as their de facto leaders in the late 1980's^[1]. The Committee was formed in 1988 with the stated objective of the reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. Arrested by Soviet authorities in December 11 of 1988, the leaders of Karabakh Committee were released in May 31 of 1989^[2] to form the ANM.

[edit] Leaders

• Rafael Ghazaryan
• Vazgen Manukyan
• Vano Siradeghian
• Hambartsum Galstyan
• Babken Ararktsyan
• Levon Ter-Petrosyan, and others.

[edit] References

1. ^ ARMENIAN CAPITAL IS ROUSED BY CALLS FOR NEW FREEDOMS, By BILL KELLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 5, 1988
2. ^ Politics of Independence and Transition, The Demokratizatsiya, Spring 2006, by G. Libaridian

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