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Play on Black January to be staged in Baku [PHOTO]

12 January 2017 [16:18] - TODAY.AZ

By Azernews


By Laman Ismayilova

The Theatre of Young Spectators will stage a play "My white pigeon”, a story of young people, who sacrificed their lives for independence.

The play written by Tamara Valiyeva will be staged in accordance with the "Action Plan on the 27th anniversary of January 20 tragedy", approved by the head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, Ramiz Mehdiyev.

Producer of the play is People's Artist Jannat Salimova, theatre designer is well-known artist of the Republic of Georgia, Chief Artist of the Theater named after Tumanishvili, Shota Glurjidze, music designer Vladimir Neverov. 

The 20th of January, 1990 is marked in the modern history of Azerbaijan as one of the most tragic days of the country, and at the same time as a heroic page.

On January 20, 1990, hundreds of civilians were crushed or injured by the Soviet troops in Baku, on an order from the USSR leadership that was trying to maintain the Communist regime in Azerbaijan and strangle the national liberation movement.

The invasion was launched at midnight and was committed with brutality; even children, women and the elderly were not spared.

Some 137 people were killed, 611 were wounded, 841 were illegally arrested, and five went missing as a result of the intrusion of troops into Baku and other regions of the country.











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