Black January

Black January (Azeri: Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre was a crackdown of Azeri protest demonstrations by the Soviet army in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR on January 20, 1990. Black January is seen as the rebirth of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The demonstrators demanded the ousting of Azerbaijani communist officials and called for independence from the Soviet Union. Their rhetoric was, according to a Human Rights Watch re... more

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  • Jan 20, 1990 — Jan 20, 1990

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  • Jan 20, 1990 — Jan 20, 1990
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