Shusha Pogrom
The Shusha pogrom of 1920 or the Massacre of Shusha was a pogrom directed against the ethnic Armenian population of Shusha (Shushi), a town in Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. The event took place between 22 and 26 March 1920, and had as its background a conflict over competing claims of ownership of the region by Armenia and Azerbaijan. It resulted in the complete destruction of the Armenian-populated quarters of Shusha and the elimination of the town's Armenian population.
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