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.