Last empire-wide census before the dissolution of the USSR; the demographic baseline against which displacement of 1988–94 is measured.

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  1. The Armenian share of the population of NKAO declined from approximately 94% in 1923 to approximately 76% in 1979. well-evidenced
  2. The Armenian population of Nakhichevan fell from approximately 40% in 1897 to under 1% in 1989. well-evidenced