Sumgait
Americannoun
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Mr. Danilian is Armenian but was born in Sumgait, Azerbaijan, then a part of the Soviet Union.
From New York Times • Aug. 12, 2016
Some 1,200 miles to the southeast, in the Armenian Republic, the upheaval set in motion by the Sumgait riots was still under way, though in muffled fashion.
From Time Magazine Archive
According to a local television worker reached by telephone, the trouble started when a group of some 50 Azerbaijanis arrived in Sumgait from Nagorno-Karabakh bearing word of ethnic fighting there.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rioting in Sumgait, an industrial center in the Soviet republic of Azerbaijan, was one of the worst known cases of ethnic disorder in Soviet history.
From Time Magazine Archive
As sensational rumors reverberated around the country, a Soviet government spokesman admitted to "certain injuries" and even "several" deaths in the southwestern city of Sumgait.
From Time Magazine Archive
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