Violent 1990 crackdown on anti-government movements in Baku, Soviet Azerbaijan
"Bloody January" redirects here. For the crisis in Kazakhstan, see 2022 Kazakh unrest.
Black January
Part of Dissolution of the Soviet Union
January 20 monument
Location
Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Date
19–20 January 1990
Deaths
131–170
Injured
700–800
Victims
Azerbaijanis
Perpetrators
Soviet Union
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First Nagorno-Karabakh War
Civilian clashes and massacres
Askeran
Sumgait
Gugark
Stepanakert−Shusha
Kirovabad
Baku
Black January
Baganis Ayrum
Gushchular−Malibeyli
Garadaghly
Khojaly
Maraga
Offensives
Ring
Stepanakert
Shusha
Goranboy
Mardakert−Martuni
Lachin
Kalbajar
Aghdam
Summer 1993
Horadiz
Kalbajar
Black January (Azerbaijani: Qara Yanvar), also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on Azerbaijani nationalism and anti-Soviet sentiment in Baku on 19–20 January 1990, as part of a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.[1]
General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party Mikhail Gorbachev and Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov asserted that military law was necessary to thwart efforts by the Azerbaijani independence movement to overthrow the Soviet Azerbaijani government. According to official estimates of Azerbaijan, 147 civilians were killed, 800 people were injured,[2] and five people went missing.
In a resolution of 22 January 1990, the Supreme Soviet of Azerbaijan SSR declared that the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 19 January, used to impose emergency rule in Baku and military deployment, constituted an act of aggression.[3]
^Jahanshir Afandiyev (18 December 2019). "Black January in the World Press". Milliyyət Araşdırmalar Mərkəzi.
^FS. "A Glance at the Tragedy of 20 January 1990". mfa.gov.az. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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