Gugark pogrom

Gugark pogrom

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== Pogrom ==
== Pogrom ==
The ethnic confrontation between the Armenians and the Azerbaijanis started in March 1988. The Armenians attacked the Azerbaijani houses,{{cite news |first=Victor |last=Khlystun |url=http://www.agentura.ru/text/press/2001/10ballov.txt |title=10 БАЛЛОВ ПО ШКАЛЕ ПОЛИТБЮРО СОТРУДНИКИ КГБ СССР РАССКАЗЫВАЮТ О НЕСТИХИЙНОЙ КАТАСТРОФЕ, ПРИВЕДШЕЙ К КРОВАВОМУ КОНФЛИКТУ МЕЖДУ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНЦАМИ И АРМЯНАМИ |date=2 January 2001 |newspaper=Trud-7 |via=Agentura.ru |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=ru |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210215125011/http://www.agentura.ru/text/press/2001/10ballov.txt |url-status=live }}
The ethnic confrontation between Armenians and Azerbaijanis started in March 1988. Armenians attacked Azerbaijani houses,{{cite news |first=Victor |last=Khlystun |url=http://www.agentura.ru/text/press/2001/10ballov.txt |title=10 БАЛЛОВ ПО ШКАЛЕ ПОЛИТБЮРО СОТРУДНИКИ КГБ СССР РАССКАЗЫВАЮТ О НЕСТИХИЙНОЙ КАТАСТРОФЕ, ПРИВЕДШЕЙ К КРОВАВОМУ КОНФЛИКТУ МЕЖДУ АЗЕРБАЙДЖАНЦАМИ И АРМЯНАМИ |date=2 January 2001 |newspaper=Trud-7 |via=Agentura.ru |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=ru |archive-date=15 February 2021 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210215125011/http://www.agentura.ru/text/press/2001/10ballov.txt |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Victor |last=Khlystun |url=https://www.trud.ru/article/01-02-2001/18874_10_ballov_po_shkale_politbjuro.html |title=10 БАЛЛОВ ПО ШКАЛЕ ПОЛИТБЮРО |date=2 January 2001 |newspaper=Trud-7 |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=ru |archive-date=15 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215122120/https://www.trud.ru/article/01-02-2001/18874_10_ballov_po_shkale_politbjuro.html |url-status=live }}
{{cite news |first=Victor |last=Khlystun |url=https://www.trud.ru/article/01-02-2001/18874_10_ballov_po_shkale_politbjuro.html |title=10 БАЛЛОВ ПО ШКАЛЕ ПОЛИТБЮРО |date=2 January 2001 |newspaper=Trud-7 |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=ru |archive-date=15 February 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100215122120/https://www.trud.ru/article/01-02-2001/18874_10_ballov_po_shkale_politbjuro.html |url-status=live }}
while the local authorities recorded beatings and robberies of Azerbaijanis by the Armenians, including at their workplaces. Armenians beat Azerbaijani traders in the marketplace, and stole their produce.
while the local authorities recorded beatings and robberies of Azerbaijanis by Armenians, including at their workplaces. Armenians beat Azerbaijani traders in the marketplace and stole their produce.


Violence and discrimination against the Azerbaijanis flared up throughout the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenian SSR]] in November 1988.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nmnby.org/pub/0701/15m.html |title=The Unrecognized IV. The Bitter Fruit of the 'Black Garden' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120215204/http://www.nmnby.org/pub/0701/15m.html |archive-date=20 November 2008 |first=Yazep |last=Abzavaty |work=Nashe Mnenie |date=15 January 2007 |access-date=20 December 2020 }} Azerbaijanis were fired from different organizations and factories in the region. The bulk of those killed in the violence were in the northern territories of the country, including the Gugark District.{{cite news |title=Погромы в Армении: суждения, домыслы и факты |newspaper=Ekspress-Khronika |issue=16 |date=16 April 1991 |language=ru }} The local Armenians attacked and in some cases killed local Azerbaijanis. The [[Karabakh Committee]], to reduce the possibility of provocations, guarded the city at night, but could not fully protection. The Armenian authorities tried to protect the local Azerbaijanis, putting soldiers and police officers on the roads leading to Azerbaijani-inhabited villages. When the local Azerbaijanis were eventually escorted out of the region by the authorities, it is reported that the Armenians attacked the convoys of fleeing Azerbaijanis.{{cite journal|title= At the center of a double misfortune: The earthquake of December 7, 1988 in Armenia and the expulsion of the Azeri disaster victims from Spitak|url= https://www.cairn.info/revue-revue-d-etudes-comparatives-est-ouest1-2013-1-page-45.htm|author= Marc Elie|pages= 45–75|publisher= Revue d'études comparative Est-Ouest|date= 2013|number= 44|doi= 10.4074/S0338059913001034|quote= Between Kirovakan and Diližan, near Gugark, "Armenian extremists" attack the convoy. The villagers quote the names of three deportees who are said to have died and evoke gunshot wounds.|doi-access= free|language= fr|journal= |access-date= May 9, 2021|archive-date= May 9, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210509035955/https://www.cairn.info/revue-revue-d-etudes-comparatives-est-ouest1-2013-1-page-45.htm|url-status= live|url-access= subscription}}
Violence and discrimination against the Azerbaijanis flared up throughout the [[Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic|Armenian SSR]] in November 1988.{{Cite web |url=http://www.nmnby.org/pub/0701/15m.html |title=The Unrecognized IV. The Bitter Fruit of the 'Black Garden' |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120215204/http://www.nmnby.org/pub/0701/15m.html |archive-date=20 November 2008 |first=Yazep |last=Abzavaty |work=Nashe Mnenie |date=15 January 2007 |access-date=20 December 2020 }} Azerbaijanis were fired from different organizations and factories in the region. The bulk of those killed in the violence were in the northern territories of the country, including the Gugark District.{{cite news |title=Погромы в Армении: суждения, домыслы и факты |newspaper=Ekspress-Khronika |issue=16 |date=16 April 1991 |language=ru }} The local Armenians attacked and in some cases killed local Azerbaijanis. The [[Karabakh Committee]], to reduce the possibility of provocations, guarded the city at night, but could not fully protect its inhabitants. The Armenian authorities tried to protect the local Azerbaijanis, putting soldiers and police officers on the roads leading to Azerbaijani-inhabited villages. When the local Azerbaijanis were eventually escorted out of the region by the authorities, it is reported that Armenians attacked the convoys of fleeing Azerbaijanis.{{cite journal|title= At the center of a double misfortune: The earthquake of December 7, 1988 in Armenia and the expulsion of the Azeri disaster victims from Spitak|url= https://www.cairn.info/revue-revue-d-etudes-comparatives-est-ouest1-2013-1-page-45.htm|author= Marc Elie|pages= 45–75|publisher= Revue d'études comparative Est-Ouest|date= 2013|number= 44|doi= 10.4074/S0338059913001034|quote= Between Kirovakan and Diližan, near Gugark, "Armenian extremists" attack the convoy. The villagers quote the names of three deportees who are said to have died and evoke gunshot wounds.|doi-access= free|language= fr|journal= |access-date= May 9, 2021|archive-date= May 9, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210509035955/https://www.cairn.info/revue-revue-d-etudes-comparatives-est-ouest1-2013-1-page-45.htm|url-status= live|url-access= subscription}}


The officially reported number of Azerbaijanis killed in [[Gugark (village)|Gugark village]] was eleven. According Armenian journalist Mane Papyan, seven Azerbaijanis were killed in [[Vanadzor]], while the rest were persecuted and exiled.{{Cite web|last=Papyan|first=Mane|date=29 April 2015|title=События в Гугарке. Как громили азербайджанцев в Армении|url=https://epress.am/ru/2015/04/29/%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B2-%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120044241/https://epress.am/ru/2015/04/29/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b1%d1%8b%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d1%83%d0%b3%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%ba%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%ba-%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d0%b0%d0%b7%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%b9.html|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=20 December 2020|work=epress.am|language=ru}} According to Azerbaijani historian and publicist [[Arif Yunus]], 21 Azerbaijanis were killed in Gugark.{{cite news |url=http://sumgait.info/press/express-chronicle/express-chronicle-910416.htm |title=Погромы в Армении в 1988-1989 |newspaper=Ekspress-Khronika |issue=16 |date=26 February 1991 |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=ru |first=Arif |last=Yunusov |archive-date=26 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426165956/http://sumgait.info/press/express-chronicle/express-chronicle-910416.htm |url-status=live }} Yunus' list was re-released by the [[Embassy of Azerbaijan, London|embassy of Azerbaijan]] in the [[United Kingdom]] in 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.azembassy.org.uk/sehife.php?lang=eng&page=0205 |title=Report on mass human rights violation. Official reports of the Azerbaijani MFA on the Karabakh conflict |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306111605/http://www.azembassy.org.uk/sehife.php?lang=eng&page=0205 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |language=en |work=[[Embassy of Azerbaijan, London|Embassy of Azerbaijan in London]] |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)|Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] }} A former chairman of a collective farm in the region, Stepan Ayvazyan stated that the culprits had burnt the bodies of the dead in [[Shahumyan, Lori|Shahumyan]] to prevent their identification.
The officially reported number of Azerbaijanis killed in [[Gugark (village)|Gugark village]] was eleven. According to Armenian journalist Mane Papyan, seven Azerbaijanis were killed in [[Vanadzor]], while the rest were persecuted and exiled.{{Cite web|last=Papyan|first=Mane|date=29 April 2015|title=События в Гугарке. Как громили азербайджанцев в Армении|url=https://epress.am/ru/2015/04/29/%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%B1%D1%8B%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B2-%D0%B3%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B5-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BA-%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8-%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B9.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120044241/https://epress.am/ru/2015/04/29/%d1%81%d0%be%d0%b1%d1%8b%d1%82%d0%b8%d1%8f-%d0%b2-%d0%b3%d1%83%d0%b3%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%ba%d0%b5-%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%ba-%d0%b3%d1%80%d0%be%d0%bc%d0%b8%d0%bb%d0%b8-%d0%b0%d0%b7%d0%b5%d1%80%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%b9.html|archive-date=20 January 2021|access-date=20 December 2020|work=epress.am|language=ru}} According to Azerbaijani historian and publicist [[Arif Yunus]], 21 Azerbaijanis were killed in Gugark.{{cite news |url=http://sumgait.info/press/express-chronicle/express-chronicle-910416.htm |title=Погромы в Армении в 1988-1989 |newspaper=Ekspress-Khronika |issue=16 |date=26 February 1991 |access-date=20 December 2020 |language=ru |first=Arif |last=Yunusov |archive-date=26 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100426165956/http://sumgait.info/press/express-chronicle/express-chronicle-910416.htm |url-status=live }} Yunus' list was re-released by the [[Embassy of Azerbaijan, London|embassy of Azerbaijan]] in the [[United Kingdom]] in 2008.{{Cite web |url=http://www.azembassy.org.uk/sehife.php?lang=eng&page=0205 |title=Report on mass human rights violation. Official reports of the Azerbaijani MFA on the Karabakh conflict |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306111605/http://www.azembassy.org.uk/sehife.php?lang=eng&page=0205 |archive-date=6 March 2012 |language=en |work=[[Embassy of Azerbaijan, London|Embassy of Azerbaijan in London]] |publisher=[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Azerbaijan)|Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] }} A former chairman of a collective farm in the region, Stepan Ayvazyan stated that the culprits had burnt the bodies of the dead in [[Shahumyan, Lori|Shahumyan]] to prevent their identification.


== Government reaction ==
== Government reaction ==