Remembrance of the Sumgait pogrom · Sumgait

Culture of origin: Armenian · Historical

Holiday sources: Armenian

From 27 February to 1 March 1988, mobs in the town of Sumgait in Soviet Azerbaijan attacked its Armenian residents, while the local police did not stop them; Soviet troops ended the violence on 1 March. The Soviet Prosecutor General counted 32 dead; Armenian sources say more than 200 were killed. Armenians in Armenia and the diaspora remember the victims on 28 February, which Armenia made a day of remembrance in 2005.