Operation Ring

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counter-insurgency operation deportation campaign military operation

Operation Ring was a 1991 Soviet and Azerbaijani military operation that forcibly deported and terrorized Armenian civilians from villages in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.

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Label	Occurrences
Operation Ring canonical	9

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	counter-insurgency operation ⓘ deportation campaign ⓘ military operation ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Operation Koltso ⓘ
appliesToEthnicGroup	Armenians ⓘ
commandStructure	Soviet Interior Ministry and Defense Ministry coordination ⓘ
conflict	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ⓘ
consequence	demographic change in northern Nagorno-Karabakh ⓘ international criticism of Soviet and Azerbaijani actions ⓘ mass exodus of Armenians from affected areas ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
describedBySource	Human Rights Watch ⓘ Human Rights Center "Memorial" ⓘ surface form: Memorial human rights center
endDate	1991-08 ⓘ
humanRightsImpact	arbitrary arrests ⓘ destruction of civilian property ⓘ forced deportations ⓘ ill-treatment of civilians ⓘ
languageOfAlternateName	Russian ⓘ
legalStatus	alleged violation of international humanitarian law ⓘ
location	Armenian-populated villages in Nagorno-Karabakh ⓘ Getashen subdistrict ⓘ Martunashen ⓘ Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast ⓘ surface form: Nagorno-Karabakh Shahumyan District ⓘ
method	forced displacement ⓘ house-to-house searches ⓘ indiscriminate shelling ⓘ use of armored vehicles ⓘ
notableIncident	deportation of residents of Getashen and Martunashen ⓘ
objective	disarmament of Armenian self-defense units ⓘ forcible deportation of Armenian civilians ⓘ
participant	Azerbaijani OMON ⓘ Red Army ⓘ surface form: Soviet Army
partOf	Nagorno-Karabakh conflict ⓘ surface form: First Nagorno-Karabakh War
perpetrator	Azerbaijani special police units ⓘ Soviet Internal Troops ⓘ surface form: Soviet Interior Ministry forces
result	civilian casualties ⓘ destruction of Armenian villages ⓘ increased ethnic tensions in Nagorno-Karabakh ⓘ mass deportation of Armenian civilians ⓘ
startDate	1991-04 ⓘ
target	Armenian villages suspected of supporting self-defense forces ⓘ
timePeriod	late Soviet period ⓘ
triggeredBy	escalation of armed clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh ⓘ
typeOfAction	joint Soviet–Azerbaijani security operation ⓘ
year	1991 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Don Front → notableFor → Operation Ring ⓘ

Operation Uranus → followedBy → Operation Ring ⓘ

Operation Koltso → alsoKnownAs → Operation Ring ⓘ

Don Front → operation → Operation Ring ⓘ

German relief attempt toward Stalingrad (Operation Winter Storm) → relatedOperation → Operation Ring ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Winter Storm

Soviet Operation Uranus → followedBy → Operation Ring ⓘ

subject surface form: Operation Uranus

Martunashen → event → Operation Ring ⓘ

Martunashen → wasAffectedBy → Operation Ring ⓘ

Azerbaijani special police units → involvedIn → Operation Ring ⓘ