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The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the target of a violent pogrom (memorial pictured).
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City in Absheron-Khizi, Azerbaijan
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Sumgait pogrom
1988 anti-Armenian riots in Azerbaijan SSR
The Sumgait pogrom was perpetrated by ethnic Azerbaijanis against the Armenian population of the town of Sumgait, in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, in February 1988. The pogrom took place during the early stages of the Karabakh movement. On February 27, 1988, mobs of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)