March 31 – Day of Azerbaijani Genocide
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. | Armenian Bolshevik troops led by Stepan Shaumyan massacred thousands of people, burnt Muslim shrines and confiscated the 400-million-manat estate of Baku residents. Tezepir Mosque was bombed, and one of the magnificent architectural buildings – Ismailiyyeh was burnt.
The genocide policy against Azerbaijanis was not limited to only Baku. Armenian dashnaks killed 8,027 Azerbaijanis, including 2,560 women and 1,277 in 53 villages of Shamakhy |












