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Autonomous republic forming part of
Azerbaijan Republic, USSR, even though it is
entirely outside the Azerbaijan boundary,
being separated from it by the Armenian
Republic; area 5,500 sq km/2,120 sq mi;
population (1986) 272,000. Taken by Russia in
1828, it was annexed to the Azerbaijan
Republic in 1924. 85% of the 278,000
population are Muslim Azeris who maintain
strong links with Iran to the south.
Nakhichevan has been affected by the
Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict; many Azeris have
fled to Azerbaijan, and in Jan 1990 frontier
posts and border fences with Iran were
destroyed, and Nakhichevan declared itself
independent of the USSR.