The earliest wave of Azerbaijani refugees fled Armenia in 1988. Then "ethnic cleansing" started in Nagorno-Karabakh around 1992. People fled bordering regions mostly in 1993, and a cease-fire was signed in May 1994. Currently 20 percent of Azerbaijan's territory is under military occupation by Armenians. An estimated 1 million Azerbaijanis have been driven from their homes as a result of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Photos 1993.
Azerbaijanis homes were destroyed by the thousands in the Karabakh region (1993). All Azerbaijanis have since been forced out of this region which is now occupied by Armenians.
Photo by Farid Khayrulin
The unknown future.
An Azerbaijani woman stripped of most of her belongings after fleeing the military attack of Armenians. Setting up camp (1993).
Photo by Oleg Litvin
Azerbaijani refugees who had just been forced to leave their homes (1993)
Photo by Farid Khayrulin
Fleeing Aghdam, a city in Azerbaijan, which was attacked by Armenians by any means possible (1993)
Photo by Oleg Litvin
Evacuation from Kelbajar: Azerbaijani civilians flee from Armenian troops (April 1993)
Fleeing on foot from Kelbajar, a region in Azerbaijan after the Armenians attacked this region
(April 1993)
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