It's 25 years since "Black January," when Soviet troops killed more than 200 people in Azerbaijan, in a bloody but doomed attempt to save the Soviet Union. Thousands of people were arrested and local TV transmitters were blown up. But the crackdown only strengthened the local independence movement, and the following year Azerbaijan became a sovereign state.
Azerbaijan's 'Black January'
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The funerals were a new focus for protest, attracting huge crowds.
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Another scene of mass crowds at a funeral - a statue of Lenin looks on, but the Soviet Union's days are numbered.
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Facing the Soviet troops, the independence movement was unarmed.
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Another sign that historic changes could not be reversed by violence: people burned their communist party-membership cards.
Bölmələr
- Siyasət
- Sosial
- İqtisadiyyat
- Azərbaycan-Ermənistan münaqişəsi
- Dünya
- Radio: Qaynar xətt
- İslam və demokratiya
- Insan haqları
- İdman
