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Bloody events of 20 January 1990 in Baku

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EMBASSY OF AZERBAIJAN

20 January 2020 marks the 32nd anniversary of the military invasion and vicious killing of civilians in the city of Baku, Azerbaijan, by the forces of the Soviet Army on 20 January 1990. In response to the rising national independence movement, the Soviet leadership ordered some 26000 troops with heavy military equipment to storm the city of Baku in an operation called “Strike”.

Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan on the occasion of the 20 January – National Mourning Day

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MFA OF AZERBAIJAN

On the night of January 19 to 20, 1990, by order of the USSR leadership, 26,000 Soviet troops invaded Baku, Sumgait, as well as other cities of Azerbaijan. As a result of this military intervention, 147 civilians were killed and 744 were seriously injured. This event went down in the history of modern Azerbaijan as "Black January".

BTK railway corridor has potential to reach Asia-Pacific region via Russian ports - official

By
SADRADDIN AGHJAYEV

The Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway corridor has the potential to reach the countries of the Asian-Pacific region through the ports of Russia's Far East region, Chairman of Azerbaijan Railways CJSC Javid Gurbanov said during the 30th plenary meeting of the International Coordination Council for Trans-Eurasian Transport, held online.

The Ethnic Cleansing in Khojaly in 1992 – a Revengeful Cruelty or a Cold-Blood Calculated Act? – Part 2

By
Teodor Detchev

The text proposed below is part of a study of the extreme forms of cruelty manifested during military operations in recent times, especially in the second half of the 20th century. It is the result of long-term joint work of the two authors. What has been written should in no way be taken as an attempt to create a negative attitude towards Armenians, wherever they live - in Armenia, in Nagorno-Karabakh or in Bulgaria. Also, in no way should any connection be sought between the publication and the recent visit of President Rumen Radev to Armenia.

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