The following is a list ofmassacres ofAzerbaijanis[a] that have occurred throughout history.
During pre-Soviet times, the term "Caucasian Tatar" was used for the group who is nowadays called "Azerbaijanis."[1][2][3] For instance, this is apparent in the designationArmenian–Tatar massacres. However, these terms are today and in this article interchangeable.
| Name | Date | Location | Perpetrators | Victims(highest estimation) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armenian–Tatar massacres | 1905–1906 |  Baku,Ganja,Nakhchivan,Shusha, andTbilisi |  Armenia and Azerbaijanis | 3,000 to 10,000 from both sides[4] |
| Massacres of Azerbaijanis in Armenia in 1917–1921 | 1917–1921 |  Ararat,Kars,Surmalu,Syunik | Armenian andRussian army | In Erivan Governorate, 4,000;[5] in Zangezur uezd, 7,729[6]–10,000[7] |
| March Days | March 1918 |  Baku |  Baku Commune forces | 3,000[8][9]–12,000[10] |
| 1920 Ganja Revolt | June 1920 | Ganja |  11th Red Army | 15,000[11][12] |
| 1979 Solduz Massacre | April 1979 |  Naqadeh |  KDPI,Komala Party Kurdish Nationalists | 120 Families[13] |
| Black January | January 1990 |  Baku |  Red Army | 137;[14] unofficial number reaching 300[15] |
| Gugark pogrom | March – December 1988 |  Gugark, Lori Province | Armenian mobs | 11–21[16][17] |
| Capture of Garadaghly | February 1992 | Garadaghly |  Armenian irregular units | unclear; 20 per Azerbaijani sources,[18] 53 perMonte Melkonian[19] |
| Khojaly massacre | February 1992 | Khojaly | Armenian irregular units | 200+[20] per HRW 613[21] per Azerbaijani government |
The official records of the Russian Empire and various published sources from the pre-1917 period also called them "Tatar" or "Caucasian Tatars", "Azerbaijani Tatars" and even "Persian Tatars" in order to differentiate them from the other "Tatars" of the empire and the Persian speakers of Iran.
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