The Buynaksk Affair was a scandal connected with the publication in the newspaper “Kommunist” in Buynaksk on 9 August 1960 of an article containing a blood libel against Jews — an accusation that Jews used the blood of non-believers in religious rituals. After the publication, which was perceived as reflecting official policy, interethnic tensions in Dagestan intensified.
The Buynaksk Affair was a scandal connected with the publication in the newspaper “Kommunist” in Buynaksk on 9 August 1960 of an article containing a blood libel against Jews — an accusation that Jews used the blood of non-believers in religious rituals. After the publication, which was perceived as reflecting official policy, interethnic tensions in Dagestan intensified.
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