Martyrs' Lane or Alley of Martyrs, formerly known as the Kirov Park, is a cemetery and memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan dedicated to those killed by the Soviet Army during Black January 1990 and in the First Nagorno-Karabakh War of 1988–1994.
View of the cemetery from the memorial.
Memorial to the Turkish soldiers who were killed in combat
Martyrs' Lane January 20, 2024
President Dmitry Medvedev at the Eternal Flame monument
Black January, also known as Black Saturday or the January Massacre, was a violent crackdown on Azerbaijani nationalism and anti-Soviet sentiment in Baku on 19–20 January 1990, as part of a state of emergency during the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
January 20 monument
Maneuvers of the Soviet Army in Baku, 20 January 1990
Victims of Black January in Martyrs' Lane, Baku.
Azerbaijani stamp with photos of Black January