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Shamkhor massacre

Shamkhor massacre
LocationŞəmkir, Azerbaijan
Date22–25 (9–12 Old Style) January 1918
TargetRussian military train holding military equipment
DeathsEstimates vary from several hundreds to 1,000+[1]
Injured100+
PerpetratorsMilitary Council of Nationalities; Musavat, Tatar Cavalry Regiment

The Shamkhor massacre (Russian: Шамхорская резня)[1][2] or the Shamkhor incident (Azerbaijani: Şamxor hadisəsi),[3][4][5][6] took place on 22–25 January (9–12 January, Old Style) 1918, Shamkir, Azerbaijan.[7] The Azerbaijani armed groups, acting on orders from the Military Council of Nationalities, massacred Russian soldiers who were returning home from the Caucasus Front,[8][9][10] in an effort to obtain sufficient arms.[11][12][13]

The Azerbaijani Musavatists[14] and Tatar Cavalry Regiment,[15] under the leadership of the Military Council of Nationalities, stopped a Russian train and demanded the handover of the military supply on it, but the Russian soldiers had refused to give the military equipment away. The following events resulted in the Azerbaijanis stormed the train, which led to hundreds of deaths.[16]

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  2. ^ The New review, Volumes 13–15 – World Federation of Ukrainian Former Political Prisoners and Victims of the Soviet Regime, p. 27
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  4. ^ Mahmudov, Yagub, ed. (2005). "Şamxor hadisəsi". Azərbaycan Xalq Cümhuriyyəti Ensiklopediyası (in Azerbaijani). Vol. 2nd. Baku: Lider. pp. 365–366.
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  6. ^ Lvovich Baikov, Boris (1923). Воспоминания о революции в Закавказье. Vol. 9. Berlin: Slovo. pp. 91–194.
  7. ^ The Azerbaijani Turks: power and identity under Russian rule By Audrey L. Altstadt, p. 85
  8. ^ The formation of the Soviet Union: communism and nationalism, 1917–1923 By Richard Pipes, p. 103
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  10. ^ Wladimir S. Woytinsky: La Democratie. p. 113
  11. ^ The making of the Georgian nation by Ronald Grigor Suny, p. 191
  12. ^ Historical dictionary of Azerbaijan by Tadeusz Świętochowski, Brian C. Collins, p. 85
  13. ^ The Berlin–Baghdad express: the Ottoman Empire and Germany's bid for world power By Sean McMeekin, p. 331
  14. ^ Baberovski, Yorg (2010). Враг есть везде. Сталинизм на Кавказе [The enemy is everywhere. Stalinism in the Caucasus] (in Russian). Moscow: Rossiyskaya politicheskaya entsiklopediya (ROSSPEN) Fond «Prezidentskiy tsentr B. N. Yeltsina». pp. 124–125. ISBN 978-5-8243-1435-9. Archived from the original on 8 October 2022.
  15. ^ Cite error: The named reference roberts was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  16. ^ Cite error: The named reference marshall was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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