Armenian–Tatar massacres of 1905–1907
The Armenian–Tatar massacres (also known as the Armenian-Tartar war, the Armeno-Tartar war) was the bloody inter-ethnic confrontation between Armenians and Caucasian Tatars (later known as Azerbaijanis) throughout the Russian Caucasus in 1905–1907. The massacres started during the Russian Revolution of 1905. The most violent clashes occurred in 1905 in February in Baku, in May in Nakhchivan, in August in Shusha and in November in Elizabethpol, heavily damaging the cities and the Baku oilfields. Some violence, although of lesser scale, broke out also in Tiflis.
| Armenian–Tatar massacres | ||||||||
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| Part of Revolution of 1905 | ||||||||
A Cossack military patrol near the Baku oilfields, ca. 1905. | ||||||||
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Armenian groups
| Caucasian Tatar groups | Russian Empire | ||||||
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128 Armenian and 158 Tatar villages destroyed 3100 to at least 10 000 killed | ||||||||
The violence led to a sense of distrust and animosity that persisted for many years. This tension largely resulted from the larger political and social issues of the time, rather than any inherent conflict between the Armenian and Tatar peoples.