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World Service,04 Mar 2013,9 mins

Armenia and Azerbaijan

Witness History

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It is 25 years since violence broke out in the city of Sumgait in Azerbaijan. Anti-Armenian riots had to be put down by Soviet soldiers. They were a forewarning of the war that would split the region following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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