Zangezur Expedition

Zangezur Expedition or Battle of Zangezur
Part of the Armenian-Azerbaijani War during the Caucasus Campaign of World War I and Southern Front of the Russian Civil War
On November 23, 1919, the Azerbaijan-Armenia agreement was signed in Tbilisi. Seated (from left to right): Colonel James Rey, acting as the Allied High Commissioner; Alexander Khatisyan, Head of the Armenian Government; Nasib bey Yusifbeyli, Head of the Azerbaijani Government; and Evgeni Gegechkori, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
Date 3/4—7 November 1919 (4 days) Location Zangezur uezd Result Withdrawal of Azerbaijani troops Tiflis Agreement was signed, but military actions and ethnic cleansings continued despite the agreement.
Belligerents
Azerbaijan	Armenia White movement
Commanders and leaders
Javad bey Shikhlinski Davud bey Yadigarov [ru] Sultan bey Sultanov [az] Vladimir Levestam	Arsen Shahmazian [hy] Misha Iskhanian
Strength
1,500-3,500 or 4,100-5,500	Unknown
Casualties and losses
45 killed 75 wounded[1]	Light

Battles involving Armenian National movement

Zangezur Expedition (Azerbaijani: Zəngəzur ekspedisiyası)^[2] also referred to as the Zangezur Operation,^[3] Azerbaijan's capture of Zangezur^[4] or the Battle for Zangezur,^[5] was an incursion by Azerbaijani regular forces from Karabakh into Zangezur region contested by the nascent republics of Azerbaijan and Armenia—with the aim of eliminating the last barrier between Turkey and Azerbaijan. This operation was accompanied by a parallel invasion by Nakhchivan militias, supported by two Turkish platoons from Nakhchivan.