Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Armenians in Nakhchivan" in English language version.
Hence, the "de-Armenization" of Nakhichevan is referred to as "white genocide," the severe air pollution of Yerevan is "ecological genocide," and the assimilationist policies of Azerbaijan are considered "cultural genocide." The massacre at Sumgait became simply "genocide." It seemed that every social and political problem took on additional significance as containing a threat to the Armenians' continued existence as a people.
This exodus ... is of course not a matter of chance, but is due to the persistent policy of Baku, whose aim is to 'Nakhichevanize' the territory, to de-Armenize it, first culturally and then physically...At the onset of Sovietization, Armenians made up about 40% of a diverse population that included Kurds and Turko-Tatars. However, over the subsequent 70 years of Communist governance, which saw the implementation of anti-Armenian policies by local authorities, this percentage dwindled to 5% and has now fallen to less than 2%...The fear of being 'Nakhichevanized' now haunts the autonomous region of Mountainous Karabagh, where the population in 1926 stood at 125,000, with Armenians comprising 89% of that number.
Hence, the "de-Armenization" of Nakhichevan is referred to as "white genocide," the severe air pollution of Yerevan is "ecological genocide," and the assimilationist policies of Azerbaijan are considered "cultural genocide." The massacre at Sumgait became simply "genocide." It seemed that every social and political problem took on additional significance as containing a threat to the Armenians' continued existence as a people.
This exodus ... is of course not a matter of chance, but is due to the persistent policy of Baku, whose aim is to 'Nakhichevanize' the territory, to de-Armenize it, first culturally and then physically...At the onset of Sovietization, Armenians made up about 40% of a diverse population that included Kurds and Turko-Tatars. However, over the subsequent 70 years of Communist governance, which saw the implementation of anti-Armenian policies by local authorities, this percentage dwindled to 5% and has now fallen to less than 2%...The fear of being 'Nakhichevanized' now haunts the autonomous region of Mountainous Karabagh, where the population in 1926 stood at 125,000, with Armenians comprising 89% of that number.
Hence, the "de-Armenization" of Nakhichevan is referred to as "white genocide," the severe air pollution of Yerevan is "ecological genocide," and the assimilationist policies of Azerbaijan are considered "cultural genocide." The massacre at Sumgait became simply "genocide." It seemed that every social and political problem took on additional significance as containing a threat to the Armenians' continued existence as a people.
This exodus ... is of course not a matter of chance, but is due to the persistent policy of Baku, whose aim is to 'Nakhichevanize' the territory, to de-Armenize it, first culturally and then physically...At the onset of Sovietization, Armenians made up about 40% of a diverse population that included Kurds and Turko-Tatars. However, over the subsequent 70 years of Communist governance, which saw the implementation of anti-Armenian policies by local authorities, this percentage dwindled to 5% and has now fallen to less than 2%...The fear of being 'Nakhichevanized' now haunts the autonomous region of Mountainous Karabagh, where the population in 1926 stood at 125,000, with Armenians comprising 89% of that number.
