Tag Archives: 20 January

The first thing people see while coming to Baku’s Highland Park is the lines of graves, identical rows of light marble with portraits of men, women, and children. The tombstones bear the same date of death – January 20, 1990. The day of January 20, 1990, became a tragic and …

Thirty-one years have passed since the bloody 20 January. President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva visited the Alley of Martyrs on the 31st anniversary of the 20 January tragedy which was committed by the Soviet empire in Baku. President Ilham Aliyev and first …

Azerbaijani public paid tribute to the victims of the bloody January 20 tragedy. January 20 is a day that went down in history of Azerbaijan’s fight for independence and territorial integrity. On January 20, 1990, the Soviet army forces entered Baku to suppress the masses protesting the USSR-supported Armenian aggression …

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and first lady Mehriban Aliyeva have paid tribute to the victims of the 20 January tragedy on the National Mourning Day. President Ilham Aliyev laid a wreath at the “Eternal Flame” memorial. The Defense Ministry’s military orchestra played the national anthem of …

Head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev has issued an Order approving the plan of events on the occasion of the 29th anniversary of January 20 tragedy. Under the plan, meetings, conferences, lectures will be organized, plays will be staged, films and documentaries will be screened to commemorate the …