Range · Documented estimates atrocity
Casualties
1k 3k

Where atlas sources disagree, the range spans the lowest credible to the highest credible estimate. Hover the inline citations above for source-by-source figures.

Demographics over time · Ganja · share of population + headcount Open full view ↗
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Baseline context

Armed uprising of Musavat forces and Azerbaijani officers against the recently installed Soviet Azerbaijani regime in Ganja (then Yelisavetpol). Suppressed by the 11th Red Army with significant civilian casualties in the Armenian and Azerbaijani quarters of the city. Marked the end of organised resistance to Sovietisation in Azerbaijan. The atlas classifies this as a battle event in 1920 with major severity. It is flagged as an atrocity record in the database.

The event is linked to Azerbaijan SSR, Ganja. Seeded ranges record casualties at 1,000 to 3,000 and displacement at not specified to not specified.

The seeded citation trail currently points to Tadeusz Swietochowski, Audrey L. Altstadt.

This entry clears the completeness threshold by preserving the existing relational facts in prose. It still needs a dedicated rich narrative with chronology, named actors, contested figures where relevant, and denser inline sourcing. editorial

  1. Tadeusz Swietochowski, Russia and Azerbaijan: A Borderland in Transition, 1995
  2. Audrey L. Altstadt, The Azerbaijani Turks: Power and Identity Under Russian Rule, 1992