IFor a few brief weeks in fall 2020, Western media buzzed with news of the intense war in Nagorno-
Karabakh, an Armenian-populated region that declared independence from Azerbaijan in 1991.
The conflict had been “frozen” since 1994, so the new outbreak of violence caught many
journalists unawares.
By contrast, the conflict has been a mainstay in the Soviet, and then the Russian press. The sheer
volume of published material – including eyewitness accounts, interviews with notable figures,
and incisive, well-researched analyses – far exceeds anything produced by Western media.
Moscow’s knowledge of the region is as strong as it is permanent, dictated mainly by geopolitical
interests. The present collection of articles – carefully translated, edited, and culled from a vast
repository of Russian-language press presents some of the most important material that has
appeared from 1988 to the present. Dr. Tonoyan's talk will focus on some of the most interesting
and critical themes emerging from the decades-long Soviet and Russian press coverage of the
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
BLACK GARDEN AFLAME:
THE NAGORNO-KARABAKH CONFLICT IN
THE SOVIET AND RUSSIAN PRESS
Lecturer
Artyom Tonoyan, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor,
Hamline University
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2023| 10 AM PT
ZOOM WEBINAR: bit.ly/PAI01-24-23
National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
Eskijian Ararat Museum
