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Black January

1990 massacre in Baku
Event Battle Q734004
Black January
Post of Azerbaijan · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

8 properties
Instance of
battle, massacre[4]
Country
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan[2][3]
Location
Baku[5]
Part of
dissolution of the Soviet Union[6]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.373°, 49.852°[9]
Number of deaths
+131[10]
Point in time
January 20, 1990[8]
Target
civilian[7]
🏷️ Also known as
en January Massacre en Black January en Black Saturday en Bloody January ar يناير الأسود cs Černý leden de Schwarzer Januar el Μαύρος Ιανουάριος es Enero negro fa ژانویه سیاه fa ژانویهٔ سیاه fi Bakun levottomuudet 1990 fr Black January fr Janvier Noir hi काली जनवरी hu fekete január id Januari Hitam it Gennaio nero ja 黒い一月事件 ko 검은 1월
🔖 Identifiers · 6
Armeniapedia ID
9891, 9607
Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
juodasis-sausis
Freebase ID
/m/04spyx
Lex ID
Blodige_Januar
National Library of Latvia ID
000367031
Topic's main category
Category:Black January

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🔗 Connections
← Participated in conflict 5
7th Guards Mountain Air Assault Division, Vladislav Achalov, Rovshan Javadov, 22nd Separate Guards Special Purpose Brigade, Vladimir Kvachkov
Instance of 2
battle, massacre
Country 1
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Location 1
Baku
Part of 1
dissolution of the Soviet Union
Topic's main category 1
Category:Black January
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Black January
← FactGrid item ID 1
Stankivtsi
← Significant event 1
Isgandar Hamidov
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Summary

Black January is a battle[1].

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When and Where

Country listings include Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic[2], a republic of the Soviet Union[11], in Soviet Union[12], founded in 1920[13] and Azerbaijan[3], a sovereign state[14], in Azerbaijan[15], founded in 1991[16].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [11] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [14] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · Shovgu · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Target → civilian
    "Created claim: Target: civilian"
  2. 5w ago · C960657 · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Lex ID → Blodige_Januar
    "Created claim: Lex ID: Blodige_Januar"
  3. 13w ago · Bouzinac · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of deaths → 131
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #45319"
  4. 22w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online → juodasis-sausis
    "Created claim: Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online: juodasis-sausis"
  5. 23w ago · Vicarage · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → battle, massacre
    Topic's main category → Category:Black January
    Country → Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Azerbaijan
    Point in time → January 20, 1990
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Country: Azerbaijan"
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