Azerbaijan marks 30th anniversary Of Black January crackdown

14:24, 20.01.2020

Azerbaijan recalls the tragedy of January 20, also called Black January (Azerbaijani: Qara Yanvar).

According to Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry, on January 20, under direct instructions from Mikhail Gorbachev, military units from the U.S.S.R. entered Baku and nearby regions, massacring the civilian population.

According to official estimates, 147 Azerbaijani civilians were killed, 800 people were injured and five people went missing.

Black January (Azerbaijani: Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on a civilian population of Baku on 19–20 January 1990, pursuant to a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Union. pic.twitter.com/KxIUGQOGCr

— Steve (@Steve88001386) January 20, 2020

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