The reason why Armenia managed to capture a lot of land from Azerbaijan around Karabakh in 1991-1994 was that Russia supplied a lot of military equipment to Arm

The reason why Armenia managed to capture a lot of land from Azerbaijan around Karabakh in 1991-1994 was that Russia supplied a lot of military equipment to Armenia. One can speculate for reasons, but it is clear without Russian "encouragement" the conflict would be significantly smaller.