List of massacres of Azerbaijanis

The following is a list of massacres of Azerbaijanis that have occurred throughout history.

Name Date Location Perpetrators Victims (highest estimation)
Battle of Ganja (1804) February 1804 Ganja Imperial Russian Army 3,000[1][2]-7,000[3]
Armenian–Tatar (Azerbaijani) massacres 1905–1907 Baku, Ganja, Nakhchivan, Shusha, and Tbilisi Armenians and Azerbaijanis 3,000 to 10,000 from both sides[4]
March Days March 1918 Baku Baku Commune 3,000–12,000
Quba massacre May 1918 Quba Baku Commune
Dashnaktsutyun Party		 unknown
Massacres in Zangezur 1918 Zangezur Armenian paramilitary forces of Andranik 10,000 in the autumn of 1918[5] and several thousands in the end of 1918[6]
1920 Ganja Revolt June 1920 Ganja Red Army 15,000[7][8]
Gugark pogrom March-November 1988 Armenian SSR Armenian SSR 215
Stepanakert pogrom September 1988 Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast, Azerbaijani SSR Armenian mobs
Armenian nationalist emissaries		 2
Black January January 1990 Baku Transcaucasian Military District 133–137
Baghanis Ayrum massacre March 1990 Baghanis Ayrum Armenian Armed Forces 11
Malibeyli and Gushchular massacre February 1992 Malibeyli, Ashagy Kushchular, Yukhary Kushchular villages of Shusha District Armenian irregular units 15–50[9]
Capture of Garadaghly February 1992 Garadaghly Armenian irregular units
Russian 366th regiment		 20–90[10]
Khojaly massacre February 1992 Khojaly Armenian irregular units
Russian 366th regiment		 200–613
Agdaban massacre April 1992 Agdaban Armenian Armed Forces 30+[11]
Capture of Shusha May 1992 Shusha Armenian Armed Forces 193 (Azerbaijani claim)[12]
Ballıqaya massacre August 1992 Balligaya Armenian irregular units 24
Bashlibel massacre April-August 1993 Bashlibel Armenian Armed Forces 27
Bombardment of Tartar September –November 2020 Tartar District Armenian Armed Forces
Artsakh Defense Army		 17
Ganja ballistic missile attacks October 2020 Ganja Armenian Armed Forces 26[13]
Barda ballistic missile attacks October 2020 Barda Armenian Armed Forces 26[14][15]

See also

References
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  2. John F. Baddeley, The Russian Conquest of the Caucasus, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1908, p. 67, citing "Tsitsianoff's report to the Emperor: Akti, ix (supplement), p. 920".
  3. Mansoori, Firooz (2008). "17". Studies in History, Language and Culture of Azerbaijan (in Persian). Tehran: Hazar-e Kerman. p. 245. ISBN 978-600-90271-1-8.
  4. Tadeusz Swietochowski. Russia and Azerbaijan: A Borderland in Transition. Columbia University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-231-07068-3, ISBN 978-0-231-07068-3
  5. Baberowski, Jörg (2003). Der Feind ist überall – Stalinismus im Kaukasus (in German). Munich: Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt. p. 167. ISBN 3-421-05622-6.
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  7. The I.L.P.'s ALLIES. Soviet Massacre in the Caucasus // Western Gazette. — 1920. — 1 June. — page 12.
  8. 15,000 massacred // Cheltenham Chronicle. — 1920. — 2 June. — page 4
  9. Denber, Rachel; Goldman, Robert K. (1992). Bloodshed in the Caucasus: escalation of the armed conflict in Nagorno Karabakh. Praeger Publishers. pp. 24–27. ISBN 0-275-96241-5. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  10. "Letter dated 20 May 2005 from the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2009. Retrieved 24 August 2012.
  11. "Kəlbəcər - dağların əhatəsindəki zəngin rayon". bbc.com. BBC Azerbaijani service. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  12. Rafiqoğlu, Aqşin (6 May 2010). "Şuşanın işğalı ilə bağlı beynəlxalq təşkilatlara bəyanat ünvanlanıb" [A statement was made to international organizations on the occupation of Shusha] (in Azerbaijani). ANS Press. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
  13. "Damage to Azerbaijan's Ganja city from Armenian aggression revealed". Trend News Agency. 20 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  14. "Civilian death toll in Armenian attacks reaches 91". AzerNews.az. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
  15. Bagirova, Nailia; Hovhannisyan, Nvard (28 October 2020). "Civilians killed as Nagorno-Karabakh conflict deepens". Reuters. Retrieved 29 October 2020.
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