Russia (Soviet Union): Azerbaijan

When

1990

Kind

Armed conflict

Deaths

143

Coordinates

40.40° N, 49.88° E

Incompatibility

territory

Type of conflict

intrastate

Territory name

Azerbaijan

Region

Europe

Location

Russia (Soviet Union)

Side a

Government of Russia (Soviet Union)

Placed at the middle of its 7 recorded clashes (UCDP GED).

Violent 1990 crackdown in Baku, Azerbaijan SSR

Black January, also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on anti-Soviet and anti-Armenian 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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• UCDP Battle-Related DeathsUppsala Conflict Data ProgramCreative Commons Attribution 4.0
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Cold War: Black January – Soviet troops occupy Baku, Azerbaijan SSR”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Kara Ocak – Sovyet birlikleri, Sovyetler Birliği Komünist Partisi Genel Sekreteri Mihail Gorbaçov'un olağanüstü hal kararnamesi uyarınca Azerbaycan SSC'nin…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “«Чёрный январь»: в Баку введены советские войска; в городе объявлен режим чрезвычайного положения”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “en Bakú, Unión Soviética, comienzan las protestas civiles conocidas como enero negro”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “ソビエト連邦アゼルバイジャン、首都バクーで、ソ連正規軍部隊と武装住民が衝突し、130人以上死亡、700人以上負傷（黒い一月事件）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page