List of massacres in Azerbaijan

The following lists are of massacres that have occurred within the current boundaries of Azerbaijan (numbers may be approximate).

Before 1988 NameYearDateLocationDeathsTargeted groupNotesSack of Shamakhi172118 AugustShamakhi4,000–5,000Shia inhabitants of ShamakhiShia inhabitants of the city (includes the city's officials) were killed by rebellious Sunni Lezgin tribesmen.Battle of Ganja (1804)1804FebruaryGanja1,500–3,000Peter Avery; William Bayne Fisher, Gavin Hambly, Charles Melville (1991-10-25). The Cambridge history of Iran: From Nadir Shah to the Islamic Republic. Cambridge University Press. p. 332. .Inhabitants of GanjaCivilians were massacred during the capture of the city by the Russians; some of the captured soldiers were executedTHE SIEGE AND ASSAULT OF FORTRESS GANJA Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–19061905–1906FebruaryBaku; Ganja;Nakhchivan; Shusha; Tiflis3,000–10,000Armenians, AzerbaijanisShamkhor Massacre1918JanuaryŞəmkir1,000armed Russian soldiersRussian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani nationalistsThe formation of the Soviet Union: communism and nationalism, 1917-1923 By Richard Pipes - p. 103the Modern encyclopedia of Russian and Soviet history, Volume 39 by Joseph L. Wieczynski - p. 170Wladimir S. Woytinsky: La Democratie. p. 113March Days1918March 30 – April 2Azerbaijan12,000–25,000AzerbaijanisAccording to the statements of Azerbaijan representatives, "the Bolsheviks".September Days1918SeptemberBaku10,000–15,000ArmeniansArmenians killed by the Army of IslamHovannisian. Armenia on the Road to Independence, p. 227.Human Rights Watch. Playing the "Communal Card": Communal Violence and Human Rights. New York: Human Rights Watch, 1995.Khaibalikend Massacre1919June 5–7Nagorno-Karabakh600–700ArmeniansArmenians killed by armed ethnic Azerbaijani and Kurdish irregulars and Azerbaijani soldiers;Hovannisian, Richard. The Republic of Armenia: Vol. I, The First Year, 1918-1919. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1971, pp. 176–177, notes 51-52. Villages of Khaibalikend, Jamillu, Karkujahan and Pahliul were destroyed Vratsian, Simon. Հայաստանի Հանրապետութիւն (The Republic of Armenia). Paris: H.H.D. Amerikayi Publishing, 1928, pp. 286-87.Hovannisian. Republic of Armenia, Vol. I, p. 181.Muslim uprisings in Kars and Sharur–Nakhichevan1919–1920July–DecemberNakhchivan10,000ArmeniansAgulis Massacre1919December 24–25Yuxarı Əylis1,400ArmeniansEarly-20th-century anti-Armenian massacre of the Armenian population of Agulis by the Turkish army accompanied by the Azerbaijani refugees from Zangezur which resulted in the destruction of the town of Agulis.Shusha pogrom1920March 22–26Shusha500–20,000Richard G. Hovannisian. The Republic of Armenia, Vol. III: From London to Sèvres, February–August 1920Thomas de Waal. Black Garden: Armenia and Azerbaijan through Peace and War. ArmeniansArmenians killed by Azerbaijanis1920 Ganja Revolt1920JuneGanja15,000AzerbaijanisBolsheviks slaughtered civilians including women and children after the capture of rebel Ganja. Many women were raped and Koran were burnt.The I.L.P.'s ALLIES. Soviet Massacre in the Caucasus // Western Gazette. — 1920. — 1 June. — p. 12.15,000 massacred // Cheltenham Chronicle. — 1920. — 2 June. — p. 4

Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The following is a list of massacres and pogroms, which took place in the course of the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.

NameYearDateLocationDeathsTargeted groupNotesSumgait pogrom1988February 27 – March 1Sumgait32 (26 Armenians and 6 Azerbaijanis)ArmeniansArmenians killed by Azerbaijanis; 20 ambulances were destroyed, "Сумгаит, Один месяц поздно" ("Sumgait, One Month Later"). Moskovskiye Novosti. April 13, 1988. and reports detail widespread rape,Shahmuratian. Sumgait Tragedy, Interview with Levon Akopyan, p. 227. mutilation, robberies and disemboweling of fetusesLee, Gary. "Eerie Silence Hangs Over Soviet City." Washington Post. September 4, 1988. p. A33. Retrieved August 24, 2012.Ein Volk, ein Land. Der Spiegel 13/1988Kirovabad pogrom1988NovemberKirovabad130 ArmeniansArmeniansAzeri-led pogrom directed against Armenian inhabitants of Kirovabad (now Ganja)Baku Pogrom1990January 13Baku90ArmeniansArmenians killed by Azerbaijanis; many incidents of rape, robbery and torture;Committee on the elimination of discrimination against women 700 injured.Europa World Year: Book 1 - p. 638, Taylor & Francis GroupThomas de Waal: Black Garden - Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War. New York University Press, 2003, p. 90Black January1990January 19–20Baku, Azerbaijan133–137Peaceful protesters of the Azerbaijani national independence movementKilled by Soviet troops; ambulance workers rushing to help the wounded and random passers-by, including women and children, among the deadOperation Ring1991April 30 – May 15Shahumyan ProvinceunknownArmeniansnumber of casualties unknown, approximately 17,000 people displaced, gross human rights violationsHuman Rights Watch/Helsinki (1994). Azerbaijan: Seven years of conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh. New York: Human Rights Watch, p. 9.Capture of Gushchular and Malibeyli1992February 10–12Malibeyli, Ashaghi Gushchular, Yukhari Gushchular villages of Shusha District8 15–50 AzerbaijanisAzerbaijanis killed by Armenian irregular armed unitsKhojaly Massacre1992February 25–26Khojaly, AzerbaijanMore than 200 613 AzerbaijanisAzerbaijanis killed by Armenian troops.Maraga Massacre1992April 10Maraga40–100ArmeniansArmenians killed (many decapitated); corpses buried in a mass grave outside the village.Cox, Caroline and John Eibner. Ethnic Cleansing in Progress: War in Nagorno Karabakh. Zurich and Washington D.C.: Institute for Religious Minorities in the Islamic World, p. 58, 1993.Bombardment of Tartar2020September 28 —November 10Tartar District17AzerbaijanisAzerbaijanis killed by alleged indiscriminate attacks of Armenian Armed Forces.2020 Ganja missile attacks2020October 4–17Ganja32AzerbaijanisAzerbaijanis killed by alleged indiscriminate attacks of Armenian Armed Forces.2020 Barda missile attacks2020October 27—November 7Barda, Əyricə, and Qarayusifli27AzerbaijanisUse of cluster munitions against civilians by Armenian Armed Forces and Artsakh Defence Army.

Other Massacres after 1988 +NameYearDateLocationDeathsTargeted GroupNotesAzerbaijan State Oil Academy shooting2009April 30Baku12Students and staff membersVictims included two nationals of Sudan and a Syrian national.

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