User:TigranTheGreat/XandY

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