Witness History: Archive 2013 - Armenia and Azerbaijan

It is 25 years since violence broke out in the city of Sumgait in Azerbaijan. Anti-Armenian riots had to be put down by Soviet soldiers. They were a forewarning of the war that would split the region following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Published on Monday, 4th March 2013.

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