The Element of the Kachagh Movement in the Popular Resistance Againist Collectivization in Karabakh (1930)

In the late 1920s and early 1930s, Karabakh, like other regions of Azerbaijan, actively participated in the popular resistance movement against the collectivization carried out by the Soviet government. Nevertheless, the characteristics of each region provided ample opportunity to differentiate the self-defense taking place in the regions. In particular, the Kachagh Movement, which was widespread in Karabakh, Zangezur, and Western Azerbaijan, which belonged to the western part of Azerbaijan and were included in the territory of Soviet Armenia, also entered a new active period against the backdrop of collectivization measures. Karabakh Kachagh Movement, which was closely related to those regions, although it had been operating in a supported manner with the national resistance in the early 1920s, gained its own identity by being considered the main element of resistance during the collectivization stage. The Kachagh Movement, which had a large mass and covered many territories in a short period of time, became the main obstacle to political power. The Karabakh Kachaghs, which had become the main defense factor in the region, fought against collectivization using various methods and showed disruptive activity in their expansion. The article will highlight such nuances of the collectivization stage of the Karabakh Kacagh Movement, and will try to approach the events from an objective perspective. At the same time, many of the facts presented confirm that in Karabakh, as one of the historical territories familiar with the Kachagh method of popular resistance since the end of the 19th century, completely favorable conditions were created for the movement to manifest itself in a specialized form in the 20s-30s of the 20th century.