 Complete the following phrase:  After a brief British occupation and the fragile peace they tried to impose, in December 1918, with the support of Azerbaijans Musavat Party, Jafargulu Khan Nakhchivanski declared the Republic of Aras in the Nakhchivan uyezd of the former Yerevan Governorate assigned to Armenia by Wardrop. The Armenian government did not recognize the new state and sent its troops into the region to take control of it. The conflict soon erupted into the violent 