Kirovabad pogrom

Kirovabad pogrom
Part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union
LocationKirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR
DateNovember 1988
TargetArmenian population of the city
Attack type
Pogrom
Deaths130 Armenians (per human rights activists), 7 (per Soviet authorities)
PerpetratorsAzerbaijanis

The Kirovabad pogrom or the pogrom of Kirovabad was an Azeri-led ethnic cleansing that targeted Armenians living in the city of Kirovabad (today called Ganja) in Soviet Azerbaijan during November 1988.