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  • 18 years passed since Armenian pogroms in Baku

    PanARMENIAN.Net

    18 years passed since Armenian pogroms in Baku
    14.01.2008 12:31 GMT+04:00

    /PanARMENIAN.Net/ 18 years have passed since the
    Armenian pogroms in Baku on January 13, 1990, known as
    Black January that claimed lives of 48 Armenians.

    The pogroms grew into an anti-Soviet revolt ruled by
    the radical wing of the Azerbaijani National Front
    with Neymat Pakhanov and Ragim Gaziyev at the head.

    On that day a 50 thousand crowd divided into groups
    and started `cleansing the city of Armenians'. They
    threw the Armenians out of the windows and beat them
    to death. Those survived were taken to ferries and
    sent to Turkmenia.

    January 16-19, a special group of 50 thousand military
    was formed. January 20, to suppress the disorders the
    Tula division under colonel Alexander Lebed's command
    was deployed in the Azerbaijani capital

    Over 210 thousand Armenians had lived in Baku until
    1988.
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