ABSTRACT
The Karabakh Movement, which began in 1988 and culminated in Armenia’s
independence in 1991, has been referred to as a renaissance or rebirth of the
Armenian people; a time when Armenians believed and strove for democracy,
freedom and independence. Two decades have passed since the Karabakh
Movement began and, on 21 September 2008, Armenia will celebrate its
seventeenth anniversary of independence. Today, there is far less enthusiasm
and public debate about democracy than in 1988, and Armenians have come
to remember the movement either nostalgically or, more often, in anger and with disappointment.
