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January 20. Aggression 1990

Electronic publication dedicated to the tragedy of January 20.
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Tragedy of January 20 is a page of honor and heroism in our history

On the night of January 19-20, under direct instructions from Mikhail Gorbachev, the then General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, military units from the USSR Ministry of Defense, State Security Committee and Ministry of Internal Affairs entered Baku and nearby regions, massacring the civilian population using heavy military equipment and other various forms of weaponry. As a result of the January tragedy, 131 civilians were killed and 744 more were wounded in Baku and nearby regions.

 

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