Sumgait Pogrom Against Armenians

Date: February 27, 1988 • Location: Sumqayıt, Azerbaijan

The Armenian community of Sumgait in Azerbaijan was the target of a violent pogrom (memorial pictured).

Sumgait, also spelled Sumgayit or Sumqayit; ; is a city in Azerbaijan, located near the Caspian Sea, on the Absheron Peninsula, about 31 kilometres away from the capital Baku. The city had a population of 427,000 at the beginning of 2024, making it the second largest city in Azerbaijan after Baku.