List of massacres in Azerbaijan


The following lists are of massacres that have occurred in Azerbaijan.

Before 1988

Nagorno-Karabakh War (1988-1994)

The following is a list of massacres and pogroms, which took place in the course of the Nagorno-Karabakh War between Armenians and Azerbaijanis.
NameYearDateLocationDeathsTargeted groupNotes
Sumgait pogrom1988February 27-March 1Sumgait32 Armenian claims: +200
ArmeniansArmenians killed by Azeris; 20 ambulances were destroyed, and reports detail widespread rape, mutilation, robberies, and disembowling of fetuses
Kirovabad pogrom1988NovemberKirovabad7 Armenian claims: +130ArmeniansVictims include Soviet soldiers, Azeris and Armenians
Baku Pogrom1990January 13Baku90ArmeniansArmenians killed by Azeris; many incidents of rape, robbery, and torture; 700 injured
Black January1990January 19–20Baku, Azerbaijan133-137Peaceful protesters of the Azerbaijani national independence movementKilled by Soviet troops; ambulance workers rushing to help the wounded and random by-passers, including women and children, among the dead
Siege of Stepanakert1991-1992November-May 9Stepanakert169ArmeniansArmenians killed by Azeris
Malibeyli and Gushchular Massacre1992February 10–12Malibeyli, Ashaghi Gushchular, Yukhari Gushchular villages of Shusha Rayon8 or 15-50 AzerisAzeris killed by Armenian irregular armed units
Capture of Garadaghly1992February 17Qaradağlı, Khojavend20-90AzerisAzeris killed by Armenian Troops
Khojaly Massacre1992February 25—26Xocalı, Azerbaijan161-613AzerisAzeris killed by Armenian Troops; many women and children among the dead
1992April 8Ağdaban, Kalbajar67AzerisAzeris killed by Armenian troops
Maraga Massacre1992April 10Maraga40-100ArmeniansArmenians killed, many decapitated; bodies were buried in a mass grave outside the village
Capture of Shusha1992May 8-9Shusha193 AzerisAzeris killed by Armenians
1992August 28Ballıqaya, Goranboy24AzerisAzeris killed by Armenian troops
1993April 2-AugustBaşlıbel27AzerisAzeris killed by Armenian troops