 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muhafu yechipiri ya1987, kukakavadzana kukuru kwemadzinza kwakamuka muNKAO. Muna February 1988, mamiriro ezvinhu anotambudza munharaunda yacho akawedzera pashure peSumgait pogrom. Vashandi vechirongwa ichi vari kuratidza zviratidzo zvekushaya simba nekuda kwekurwiswa kuri kuramba kuchiitwa vashandi vemauto nechinangwa chekutora zvombo, kushaikwa kwechikafu chakakodzera, kushomeka kwevashandi uye kumanikidza kunobva kuvanhu vemuno. Kushomeka kwevashandi, uko kwakakanganisa kusakwanisa kuvimbisa kuchengetedzwa kwakavimbika kwenzvimbo dzechirongwa. Vakuru vemauto nevarwi havana kugamuchira mari kwemwedzi, havana kudya chingwa kwemavhiki, vaidya makeke chete aibva kuNZ nzvimbo yokuchengetera zvinhu zvechimbichimbi. Mumamiriro ezvinhu akadaro, pakupera kwa1991, vakuru vakuru vazhinji vechirongwa vakatanga kugamuchira zvinopihwa zvekutora chikamu muhondo pamubhadharo, kudivi rezvikwata zvemauto zveArmenia. Musi waZvita 25, 1991, nekuparadzwa kweSoviet Union, iyo regiment yakava chikamu cheCIS Joint Armed Forces. Panguva iyi, vakuru vakuru vechikwata ichi vakanga vatanga kupa rubatsiro kuvagari veArmenian, nepo zvikamu zvaive muGanja zvakatsigira vagari veAzerbaijan. Chinhu chakaita kuti shanduko iyi muhurongwa hwaive chokwadi chekuti makumi mashanu evashandi mazana matatu nemakumi mashanu evashandi vechirongwa ichi vaive maArmenian, kusanganisira mutungamiriri webato rechipiri, Major Seyran Ohanyan. Zvikurukuru zvaishandiswa neArmy yeArmenia zvaiva matangi gumi ekambani yamatangi. 