1988
Earthquake
25,000 people died because of the 1988 Spitak earthquake due poorly built structures apartments and other buildings during the Brezhnev stagnation
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Sumgait in Russia. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
25,000 people died because of the 1988 Spitak earthquake due poorly built structures apartments and other buildings during the Brezhnev stagnation
The Azeri attack the Armenians & in Sumgait at least 32 Armenians are killed
Crowds of Azeris rampage through the city of Sumgait, at least 32 Armenians are killed
Provenance
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