Kirovabad pogrom
| Kirovabad pogrom | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the First Nagorno-Karabakh War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union | |
| Location | Kirovabad, Azerbaijan SSR |
| Date | November 1988 |
| Target | Armenian population of the city |
Attack type | Pogrom |
| Deaths | 130 Armenians (per human rights activists), 7 (per Soviet authorities) |
| Perpetrators | Azerbaijanis |
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.