March Days of 1918 in Baku and surrounding regions

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The March Days of 1918 in Baku and surrounding regions were a series of violent clashes and massacres primarily targeting Azerbaijani Muslims amid the political turmoil following the Russian Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
alsoKnownAs March Days ⓘ
March Events of 1918 in Baku ⓘ
cause ethnic tensions between Armenians and Azerbaijanis ⓘ
political rivalry between Bolsheviks and Azerbaijani nationalists ⓘ
struggle for control of Baku and its oil resources ⓘ
commanderOrLeader Stepan Shahumyan ⓘ
commemoratedBy Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis ⓘ
commemorationDate March 31 ⓘ
conflictType ethnic violence ⓘ
inter-ethnic clashes ⓘ
politically motivated violence ⓘ
countryAtTheTime Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic ⓘ
linked to: Russian SFSR
describedIn Azerbaijani historical scholarship ⓘ
endTime 1918-04-02 ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfDeaths thousands ⓘ
estimatedNumberOfDeathsAccordingToAzerbaijaniSources over 12,000 ⓘ
followedBy September Days of 1918 in Baku ⓘ
hasPart March Days of 1918 in Baku ⓘ
languageOfName English ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Azerbaijan ⓘ
location Baku Governorate ⓘ
Baku and surrounding regions ⓘ
mainLocation Baku ⓘ
opponent Azerbaijani armed groups ⓘ
Musavat Party supporters ⓘ
linked to: Musavat Party
partOf Armenian–Azerbaijani conflict (early 20th century) ⓘ
history of Azerbaijan ⓘ
history of Baku ⓘ
perpetrator Armenian Dashnak units ⓘ
Baku Soviet ⓘ
Bolshevik forces in Baku ⓘ
pointInTime March 1918 ⓘ
politicalContext collapse of the Russian Empire ⓘ
power struggle in Baku after the October Revolution ⓘ
primaryTarget Azerbaijani Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Azerbaijani Turks
recognizedAsGenocideBy Republic of Azerbaijan ⓘ
linked to: Azerbaijan
result destruction of Muslim quarters in Baku ⓘ
large-scale displacement of Azerbaijani population ⓘ
mass killing of Azerbaijani civilians ⓘ
significance key episode in Azerbaijani national memory ⓘ
major turning point in Armenian–Azerbaijani relations ⓘ
startTime 1918-03-30 ⓘ
targetedGroup Azerbaijanis ⓘ
Muslims ⓘ
temporalContext Russian Civil War ⓘ
Russian Revolution ⓘ

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Quba Genocide Memorial Complex → memorialForEvent → March Days of 1918 in Baku and surrounding regions ⓘ
March Days of 1918 in Baku and surrounding regions → hasPart → March Days of 1918 in Baku ⓘ
linked to: March Days of 1918 in Baku and surrounding regions
March Days of 1918 in Baku and surrounding regions → alsoKnownAs → March Events of 1918 in Baku ⓘ
linked to: March Days of 1918 in Baku and surrounding regions