November 17 is well known in Azerbaijan as Nationwide Revival Day.

On November 17, 1988 uninterrupted rallies started on the primary sq. of Baku – “Azadliq” (former Lenin Sq. – ed.) with the demand to make sure the sovereignty over Karabakh.  Later, the contributors of the rally raised the query of Azerbaijan’s independence.

This date is taken into account to be the start of the nationwide liberation wrestle of the Azerbaijani folks to secede from the USSR.

Tons of of hundreds of individuals gathered within the sq. to protest towards the anti-Azerbaijani coverage of Moscow and its unjust place over the flaring Armenian separatism in Karabakh.

On the night time of December 4 to five, the rally was dispersed by the Soviet troops, and repressions started. However that didn’t cease the nationwide liberation motion.

On January 19-20, 1990 the Soviet Military carried out a punitive operation in Baku with a purpose to suppress the nationwide motion in Azerbaijan.

Heavy weapons and firearms have been used towards the protesters, leading to deaths and wounds of tons of of civilians. Nonetheless, even this step by the Soviet authorities didn’t suppress the need of Azerbaijan for independence.

Within the 1990 elections, a lot of the PFA leaders gained seats within the Supreme Soviet and shaped a faction known as the Democratic Bloc.

On October 18, 1991, the state independence of Azerbaijan was declared by the efforts of this faction.

In Might 1992, the Individuals’s Entrance got here to energy. Soviet troops have been withdrawn from Azerbaijan inside a brief time frame.

November 17 is well known as a nationwide vacation since December 1992. Nonetheless, since 2006 it turned a working day.