War · January 20, 1990

Black January

Name: Black January
Start: 1990-01-20
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

36 years ago · Baku, Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic

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Black January (Azerbaijani: Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on anti-Soviet sentiments, Azerbaijani nationalism, and irredentism in Baku on 19 and 20 January 1990, as part of a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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