Exodus. Our report from Goris and Vayk, two Armenian towns handling the refugees from Nagorno‑Karabakh
Photo: Egor Kirillov / Mediazona On September 19, Azerbaijani forces started shelling Stepanakert, the largest city of the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh), a mountainous enclave predominantly inhabited by Armenians, yet internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan. The next day the unrecognized republic capitulated, with neither Armenia, which has never staked a claim over the republic, nor the Russian peacekeepers stationed in the region stepping in.