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issued a charter titled "About their admission to Russian suzerainty, land allocation, rights and privileges", it was noted that the Christian heritage of the Karabakh region and all their people were admitted to the Russian suzerainty.
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as the state religion. The Safavid dynasty would have a strict policy of enforcing Shia Islam, which would bring political conflict with the Sunnis of the neighbouring
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in 1920. During the Soviet era, state atheism was enforced, which resulted in all of Nagorno-Karabakh's Churches and Mosques being closed.
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There are hundreds of churches scattered throughout Artsakh, because the vast majority of the population belongs to the
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In 1806, Nagorno-Karabakh was annexed by the Russian Empire from the Persian Qajar dynasty, and Emperor
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in the seventh century, gradually increasing as Islamic nations ruled the region.
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Nichol, James (1995). "Azerbaijan: Religion". In Curtis, Glenn E. (ed.).
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This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
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population (99%) who overwhelmingly belonged to the
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