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 Russian Empire Ganja Russian Empire Imperial Russian Army 3,000[1][2]-7,000[3]
Armenian–Tatar (Azeri) Massacres 1905–1907 Russian Empire Baku, Ganja, Nakhchivan, Shusha, and Tbilisi Armenia Armenians and Azerbaijan Azerbaijanis 3,000 to 10,000 from both sides[4]
March Days March 1918 Azerbaijan Baku Soviet Union Baku Commune 3,000–12,000
Black January January 1990 Soviet Union Baku Soviet Union Transcaucasian Military District 133–137
Malibeyli and Gushchular Massacre February 1992 Azerbaijan Malibeyli, Ashaghi Gushchular, Yukhari Gushchular villages of Shusha Rayon Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenian irregular units 15–50[5]
Capture of Garadaghly February 1992 Azerbaijan Qaradağlı Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenian irregular units 20–90[6]
Khojaly Massacre February 1992 Azerbaijan Khojaly Nagorno-Karabakh Republic Armenian irregular units and Russia Russian 366th regiment 161–613

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References

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