Karabakh Committee

Karabakh Committee (Armenian: Ղարաբաղ կոմիտե) was a group of Armenian intellectuals recognized by many Armenians as their de facto leaders in the late 1980s.^[1] The Committee was formed in 1988 with the stated objective of the reunification of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia. Arrested by Soviet authorities on December 11, 1988 on charges of obstructing humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan after the December 7th 1988 Spitak earthquake, the leaders of Karabakh Committee were released on May 31, 1989 to form the Pan-Armenian National Movement.^[2] In 1990 New York Times described the committee as "the most influential nationalist group in Armenia."^[3]

Members

• Levon Ter-Petrosyan
• Vazgen Manukyan
• Babken Ararktsyan
• Ashot Manucharyan
• Vano Siradeghyan
• Rafael Ghazaryan
• Samson Ghazaryan
• Hambartsum Galstyan
• Davit Vartanyan
• Samvel Gevorgyan

References

1. ARMENIAN CAPITAL IS ROUSED BY CALLS FOR NEW FREEDOMS, By BILL KELLER, THE NEW YORK TIMES, September 5, 1988
2. Adalian, Rouben Paul (2010). Historical dictionary of Armenia. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 158. ISBN 978-0-8108-6096-4.
3. Fein, Esther B. (29 May 1990). "EVOLUTION IN EUROPE; Armenia Fighting Levels Off; Toll Is 23". New York Times.

Further reading

• Galstyan, Hambardzum (2013). Unmailed Letters. Translated by Agop J. Hacikyan. London: Gomidas Institute. ISBN 978-1909382015.
• Malkasian, Mark (1996). "Gha-ra-bagh!": The Emergence of the National Democratic Movement in Armenia. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0814326046.