Armenian schools to conduct lesson devoted to 1990 Armenian pogroms in Baku

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The Ministry of Education is organizing a special lesson in Armenia's comprehensive schools to provide school-children with full information on 1990 Armenian pogroms in Baku, according to Narine Hovhannisyan, Head of Comprehensive Education Department at RA Ministry of Education and Science. "The lessons are scheduled for January 13-19" she told Tuesday a news conference.



Armenian pogrom in Baku

The Armenian pogrom in Baku was part of Azerbaijani authorities' anti-Armenian program calculated to bring about the destruction of the town's Armenian population. The seven-day pogroms perpetrated by Azerbaijani SSR broke out on January 13, 1990, leaving 300 Armenians dead. The real number of victims remains unclear to date.

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