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Contemporary era · 1990

Black January

Black January (Azerbaijani: Qara Yanvar), 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.

Black January
Black January · Post of Azerbaijan, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
When
20 Jan 1990
Where
Baku
Era
Contemporary

Topics

Azerbaijan1139 – today

Before and after

1990 FIFA World Cup1990Invasion and liberation of Kuwait1990 – 1991Show on timeline

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