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The Nagorno-Karabakh War started in 1988 3 years before the breakup of the USSR. How were the Armenian SSR and Azerbaijan SSR able to declare war on each other whilst under the control of the USSR?

by /u/SwindonLAD in /r/AskHistorians

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