Azeri genocide

The Azeri Genocide refers the mass killing of Azeri people by Armenians during World War 1 and The Nagorno-Karabakh War. Being persecuted by Ottomans during World War 1, Armenians considered Azeris as enemies and committed atrocities to some extent. Another important reason for the genocide was to create Greater Armenia.
Russian Expansion of Caucasus
During the Russian expansion of Caucasus, but a significant number took the side of the Russians.Imperial Russia forced 300,000 Crimean Tatars, 1.2 million Circassians and Abkhazians, 40,000 Laz, 70,000 Turks to leave their homelans
Massacres in 1905-1907
The massacres started during the Russian Revolution of 1905, and claimed hundreds of lives. The most violent clashes occurred in 1905 in February in Baku, in May in Nakhichevan, in August in Shusha and in November in Ganja, heavily damaging the cities and the Baku oilfields. Some violence, although of lesser scale, broke out also in Tbilisi.
March Days
The March Days or March Events refer to an inter-ethnic warfare during the Russian Civil War, which resulted in the massacre of 3000 to 12,000 Azerbaijanis and other Muslims in the city of Baku and other locations of Baku Governorate.Azeri sources refer to the event as genocide.
Khojaly Massacre
The Khojaly Massacre was the killing of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians from the town of Khojaly on 25 February 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to the Azerbaijani side, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center, Human Rights Watch and other international observers, the massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment.The official death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians, of them 106 women and 83 children.
International Recognition
The Azeri Genocide was recognized by Council of Europe on 26 April 2001.Council of Europe also called its all members to recognize the genocide perpetrated by the Armenians against the Azeri population from the beginning of the 19th Century.
Political
In 1998 the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan issued the Decree on declaring of March, 31 as the day of genocide of Azerbaijanis..
. This decree is demonstration of the national memory about the tragic events in the history of Azerbaijan and Azerbaijani people for the past century. The outrageous facts of mass killings, repression, expatriation of the Azerbaijanis from their native places are one of the tragic pages of the world history of XX century. Clear sign of Armenian nationalism that is delirious about creation of Great Armenia and use any ways for achievement of this goal is shown in this tragic history of the Azerbaijani nation.

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