<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngaleyo nyanga, edolobheni lase-Azerbaijan iSumgait, amaqembu ezigelekeqe ase-Azerbaijan aqala ukubulala amalungu omphakathi omncane wama-Armenia. Amasosha endawo azama ukucindezela lesi siphithiphithi kodwa ahlaselwa izixuku. I - Politburo yayala ukuba kufakwe amanye amabutho edolobheni, kodwa ngokungafani nalabo abafana noLigachev ababefuna ukubonisa amandla amakhulu, uGorbachev wanxusa ukuzithiba. Wayekholelwa ukuthi isimo singasombululwa ngesisombululo sezombusazwe, enxusa izingxoxo phakathi kwamaqembu amaKhomanisi ase-Armenia nase-Azerbaijan. Kwaqubuka okunye ukuvukela kwama-Armenia eBaku ngo-1990. Kwavela nezinkinga eGeorgian Soviet Socialist Republic; ngo-April 1989, amaGeorgia ayefuna ukuzimela  <response>: kwaqubuka izingxabano namabutho eTbilisi, okwaholela ekufeni kwabantu abaningana. Umuzwa wokuzibusa wawukhula nasemazweni aseBaltic; amaSoviet Aphakeme ase-Estonia, eLithuania, naseLatvia achaza ukuzimela kwawo kwezomnotho eRussia futhi athatha izinyathelo zokunqanda ukufuduka kwabantu baseRussia. Ngo - August 1989, ababhikishi bakha i - Baltic Way, uchungechunge lwabantu olwalunqamula la ma - republic amathathu ukuze lubonise isifiso sabo sokuzibusa. Ngaleyo nyanga, iSoviet Ephakeme YaseLithuania yakhipha isinqumo sokuthi ukunqotshwa kweLithuania yiSoviet ngo-1940 kwakungekho emthethweni; ngoJanuwari 1990, uGorbachev wavakashela le republic ukuze ayikhuthaze ukuba ihlale iyingxenye yeSoviet Union. 