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Soviet troops told to shoot if needed to quell violence
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jan 18, 1990 MOSCOW (AP) – The Kremlin authorized the thousands of soldiers it sent to the Caucasus to open fire if necessary yesterday on Armenians and Azerbaijanis fighting in the hills near the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. Thousands of Armenian refugees poured from the southern republic of Azerbaijan, many beaten or […]
Armenians are being evacuated from area
Ocala Star-Banner – Jan 18, 1990 A majority of the Armenians left the city before the latest disturbances, exchanging their apartments for quarters in Armenia, Russia or other republics. Tass said Wednesday night that 7,000 Armenians had been evacuated by ferryboats, navy vessels and airplanes since violence broke out over the weekend. The evacuees of […]
11,000 Soviet troops sent to war zone
Observer-Reporter – Jan 17, 1990 Fighting escalates between Armenians and Azerbaijanis MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin sent more than 11,000 reinforcements, including Red Army units, to the Caucasus on Tuesday to halt a civil war between Armenians and Azerbaijanis that has killed 56 people. New clashes were reported, and Tass said 2,000 people armed with […]
Պայքարում կարող ենք հաղթել միայն այն դեպքում, եթե կարողանանք զինվել, կազմակերպվել, հզորանալ
Ոմանք պնդում են, որ Սումգայիթի կամ Բաքվի դեպքերը խաղաքարտ են, որը պետք է օգտագործել, այն մեր ժողովրդին շահ կբերի: Սուտ է: Ինչպես Ադանան մեզ չօգնեց, այնպես էլ Սումգայիթը չօգնեց, չի օգնի նաև Բաքուն: Կոտորվելիս օգուտ չես ստանում, կոտորվելիս միայն վնասվում ես: Իհարկե, պետք է հաշվի առնել Մոսկվայի դիրքորոշումը, իհարկե, պետք է հաշվի առնել Ադրբեջանին, բայց […]
Armenian-Azerbaijani battles kill 37
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jan 16, 1990 Baku, is “reminiscent of news from the warfront” in World War II, Soviet TV commentator Igor Kudrin said grimly. Izvestia said at least 33 people had died in the past three days in anti-Armenian rampages in Baku, a city of 1.7 million, but that the figure could rise as […]
37 die in Armenian-Azerbaijani battles
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Jan 16, 1990 By John-Thor Dahlburg Associated Press Writer MOSCOW – Hundreds of Azerbaijanis and Armenians fought with submachine guns, helicopters and armored vehicles as brutal ethnic strife that claimed at least 37 lives raged in the Soviet Caucasuses, official reports said yesterday. Facing the most violent flareup in the bloodiest ethnic […]
