20 January
In January 1990 troops entered Baku — the origin of the Day of National Mourning.
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Place
Alley of Martyrs
The alley on Baku's upper terrace: the graves of January 1990 and the Karabakh wars.
Go to the sitesehidler-xiyabani.tut.azA separate third-level domain with its own design
in progress
How it will look: each site gets its own colour scheme and structure.
In brief
The alley lies on the upper slope of the city, facing the sea. The victims of January 1990 were buried here, and later those killed in the Karabakh wars.
An eternal flame stands at the end of the alley, with a panorama of the city and bay. Official commemorations take place here.
On the site
- 01The alleyPlan and burial history
- 02The siteFrom Kirov Park to the memorial
- 03CeremoniesDays of remembrance and etiquette
- 04PanoramaThe city viewpoint
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28 May — Independence Day
1918: the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic — the first parliamentary republic in the Muslim East.
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18 October — Restoration of Independence
The 1991 constitutional act marks the start of the modern Azerbaijani state.
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