Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Operation Ring" in English language version.
Essentially directed by Moscow's man in Azerbaijan, AzCP Second Secretary Viktor Polyanichko, Operation Ring resulted in large-scale if unequal fighting. In early 1991, with Soviet Army units supporting AzSSR forces to deport Armenians from villages around the NKAO, Armenians saw armed struggle as the sole route to salvation and the avoidance of another historical catastrophe.
Essentially directed by Moscow's man in Azerbaijan, AzCP Second Secretary Viktor Polyanichko, Operation Ring resulted in large-scale if unequal fighting. In early 1991, with Soviet Army units supporting AzSSR forces to deport Armenians from villages around the NKAO, Armenians saw armed struggle as the sole route to salvation and the avoidance of another historical catastrophe.