Sumgait pogrom
Videos
Ethnic Azerbaijanis carried out a pogrom 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 s
Images from a videotape show burned cars and rioters in the streets of Sumgait.
Most of the weapons during the attacks were sharpened metal objects said to be produced in the city's industrial plants.
Military police escorting Armenian civilians out of the town
A memorial dedicated to the victims of the pogrom in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh
Sumgait
Videos
Sumgait, officially Sumqayit; ; is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about 31 kilometres away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 a
Kimyaçı Mədəniyyət Mərkəzi
New buildings in Sumgayit
Sumqayıt şəhər İcra Hakimiyyəti
Sumqayıtçay 11