Closed. - FrancisTyers · 08:15, 11 August 2006 (UTC)
Acceptable values for y:
- "remaining disputed until the arrival of Bolsheviks."
- "remaining disputed for the next two years."
- "remaining disputed until Bolsheviks took over the region."
Alternatively, to avoid repetition, we could reword the previous subclause:
- Nagorno-Karabakh emerged as a disputed region when Armenia and Azerbaijan gained independence in 1918, remaining so until the arrival of Bolsheviks/until Bolsheviks took over the region/for the next two years.
Acceptable values for x:
- placed under control of
- recognized as part of
- granted to
- awarded to
- handed to
- allotted to
- allocated to
- bestowed to/upon