Karabakh Committee ( hy, Ղարաբաղ կոմիտե) was a group of Armenian intellectuals recognized by many Armenians as the ''de facto'' leaders in the late 1980s. The Committee was formed in 1988, with the stated objective of reunification of

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. The committee was arrested by Soviet authorities on 11 December 1988 on charges of obstructing humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan after the December 7

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, but were released on 31 May 1989, subsequently forming the

Pan-Armenian National Movement The Pan-Armenian National Movement or Armenian All-national Movement ( hy, Հայոց Համազգային Շարժում, translit=Hayots Hamazgain Sharzhum; HHS) was a political party in Armenia. History The party emerged from the resolution o ...

. In 1990 ''

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'' described the committee as "the most influential nationalist group in Armenia."

Members

Levon Ter-Petrosyan Levon Hakobi Ter-Petrosyan ( hy, Լևոն Հակոբի Տեր-Պետրոսյան; born 9 January 1945), also known by his initials LTP, is an Armenian politician who served as the first president of Armenia from 1991 until his resignation in 1998 ...

* Vazgen Manukyan * Babken Ararktsyan *

Ashot Manucharyan Ashot Manucharyan (, born 1954 in Yerevan) is an Armenian educator, Democratic socialism, democratic socialist politician, and one of the founding members of the Karabakh Committee. After the independence of Armenia from the Soviet Union in 1991, ...

* Vano Siradeghyan *

Rafael Ghazaryan Rafael Ghazaryan ( hy, Ռաֆայել Ղազարյան, 26 January 1924 – 3 November 2007, Yerevan) was an Armenian radio-physicist, academician, public activist, a member of Karabakh Committee. Ghazaryan was a World War II veteran. He is an aut ...

Samson Ghazaryan Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...

* Hambartsum Galstyan * Aleksan Hakobyan *

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Samvel Gevorgyan Samvel ( hy, Սամվել) is a name. It may refer to: * Samvel Babayan (born 1965), leader of the Dashink political party in Artsakh * Samvel Darbinyan, Armenian football coach *Samvel Gasparov (born 1938), Soviet/Russian film director and short s ...

Members

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