Sumgait pogrom

When

27 Feb 1988 – 1 Mar 1988

Kind

Pogrom

Deaths

32

Coordinates

40.60° N, 49.67° E

Description

pogrom that targeted the Armenian population of the seaside town of Sumgait in Soviet Azerbaijan in late February 1988

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

1988 anti-Armenian riots in Azerbaijan SSR

Ethnic Azerbaijanis carried out a pogrom against the Armenian population of the town of Sumgait, in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, in February 1988. The pogrom took place during the early stages of the Karabakh movement.

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• Wikidata: massacres and genocidesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Collapse of the Soviet Union: The Sumgait pogrom of Armenians occurs in Sumqayit”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Pogrom in der aserbaidschanischen Stadt Sumgait an dort lebenden Armeniern”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “pogrom de Soumgaït”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “массовые антиармянские погромы в Сумгаите (Азербайджанской ССР)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “アゼルバイジャンのスムガイトでアゼルバイジャン人がアルメニア人を襲撃（スムガイト暴動）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page