"Every country, every nation has its own cherished strongholds. When the history of a people pans out happily, it becomes the centre of cultural and political life. When the fates hound a nation, it becomes the bastion of national life, an island of hope and the pledge of renewal. It is precisely this latter role which the mountainous region of Karabakh has played for the Armenian people."

Sergei Gorodetsky, Russian poet.

"The Word of the Caucausus" newspaper, 23rd March, 1919.