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