The Kirovabad pogrom or the pogrom of Kirovabad was an Azeri-led ethnic cleansing that targeted Armenians living in the city of Kirovabad (today called Ganja) in Soviet Azerbaijan during November 1988. == Pogrom == An unidentified Armenian press editor said the commander of the Soviet troops asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) in Moscow for permission to evacuate some of the city's Armenian population of 100,000.
The Kirovabad pogrom or the pogrom of Kirovabad was an Azeri-led ethnic cleansing that targeted Armenians living in the city of Kirovabad (today called Ganja) in Soviet Azerbaijan during November 1988. == Pogrom == An unidentified Armenian press editor said the commander of the Soviet troops asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) in Moscow for permission to evacuate some of the city's Armenian population of 100,000.
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