Black January tragedy commemorated in Berlin

Coordination Center of Azerbaijanis in Germany (CCAG) has organized an event dedicated to the 23rd anniversary of the Black January entitled “Baku - Bloody January of 1990 and USSR`s disintegration process. Presentation of Dr. Azer Babayev`s article”.

The event also saw a presentation of the book “Disintegration of the Soviet Union: reasons, impacts and backgrounds”, which was recently printed by the well-known publishing house Nomos. The book was written by European experts on post-soviet affairs. It is the first international collective research focusing on systematic and detailed analysis regarding the reasons behind the dramatic collapse of the Soviet Union.

The book also includes analysis by Dr. Azer Babayev, research fellow of the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt, on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and the collapse of the Soviet regime.
The event started with one-minute-silence in memory of the martyrs.

Addressing the event, CCAG`s executive director Samira Patzer-Ismayilova raised awareness of participants about the bloody tragedy.

In his speech, Azer Babayev touched upon the results of the massacre committed against peaceful people, describing it as “crimes against humanity”.

Other speakers, including professor of Potsdam University Wilfred Furman, shared their views concerning the Black January.


/AzerTAc/