A nemzetek feletti történetírás korlátai. Nahicseván örmény és azerbajdzsán megközelítése
The Limits of the Supranational Historiography: The Armenian and Azerbaijani Approach of Nakhichevan

Summary/Abstract: Nakhichevan is a border region inhabited by half million people on the South-Caucasus. The area had been the home of several ethnic groups throughout history but the largest were the Armenians, the Caucasian Turks, various Tatar groups (later on called Azerbaijanis) and the Kurds. As a border region the area was occupied many times by the Great Powers. After 1920 Nakhichevan came to belong under the jurisdiction of the Azerbaijani Soviet Socialist Republic. As a result of the Azerbaijani policy, the region has become an almost monoethnic territory by the 1980s. After the Soviet Union’s demise, the traces of the Armenians’ existence in the territory were systematically destroyed by the Azerbaijani authorities. The article does not go into the detailed history of Nakhichevan but compares the Armenian and Azerbaijani historiography on Nakhichevan in order to give an overview of the published historical works. The main purpose is to provide answers to the question whether supranational historiography is possible about the history of a multiethnic area like Nakhichevan and if so, then what are its limits.

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