... out its military. It was declared the independent state of Transcaucasia and only lasted one month and four days. It split into Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. Turkey got a part and under the new banner of the Soviet Union, the Russians came back and took control by early 1921. Baliozian (1980 p. 65) states "they fooled with local borders, sowing seeds for later discontent, ... existence of a country known as Hayasa, inhabited by the Hayasa tribe, that populated the Armenian Plateau, and who are responsible for Armenians calling themselves "Hay" (Armenian) today. Bournoutian (2002 p.81...

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