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🧵 Thread on the heroism of Azerbaijani sailors who stood up against the Navy warships , government and Minister of Defense of the USSR, in January 1990.

#Baku #Azerbaijan
#BlackJanuary #20January1990
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On the night of January 20, at the order of M. Gorbachev, 26,000 Soviet troops stormed Azerbaijan’s capital city of Baku without declaring the state of emergency and committed a brutal massacre upon civilian population, killing 147, wounding 744 men, women, children, elderly
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But first, the power supply unit of local TV station was exploited, phone, radio lines were terminated by "Alfa" special services of USSR.
Azerbaijanis got 1st information on betrayal of the Soviet government from leaflets distributed from helicopters.
#CrimesAgainstHumanity
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