qazakh dear khoikhoi thanks mediation effort one agree general spirit text posted would like hightlight corrections additions highlighted bold russian empire rayon north eastern part kazakh uyezd elisavetpol guberniya user aivazovsky needs cite references got figures armenians azerbaijanis sentence reflect historical reality british left fighting armenians azeris ensued bolshevik forces gained control region annexed soviet union britons left caucasus bolsheviks took azerbaijan first caucasus april armenia taken bolsheviks november soviet union created obviously bosheviks could annexed soviet union kazakh uyezd part azerbaijan elisavetpol governorate designated britons bolshevik rule divided armenia azerbaijan neither country disputed boundary since quote true armenia occupied one exclaves kazakh rayon called yuxari askipara active phase war