18 years passed since Armenian pogroms in BakuJanuary 14, 2008 - 12:31 AMT 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. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | U.S. warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west Georgia has been warned by the U.S. not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow. Power of One Dram sums up two-year program with Teach for Armenia Idram Junior also joined the companies during the visit, bringing with it a fascinating intellectual game for children Moscow slams EU mission in Armenia for “provocative activity” The EU mission is doing more and more against Armenia’s neighbors Russia, Azerbaijan and Iran, Mikhail Galuzin said. Yerevan Mayor to travel to Paris on May 15-19 The official delegation headed by Yerevan Mayor Tigran Avinyan will travel to Paris from May 15 to 19. |