 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kutanga musi wa17 November 1988, kuratidzira kukuru kwakatanga muLenin Square yeBaku kuratidzira kupokana nekuparadzwa kunonzi kwemasango pedyo neShusha nevaArmenia. Sezvo kuratidzira kwacho kwakapfuurira, vakava vanopesana neArmenia zvikuru, vachiridza mhere dzerufu kuvaArmenia uye vachikumbira kuti avo vakabatwa nemhosva yokuponda vaArmenia mukati meSumgait pogromkusunungurwa. Kuratidzira kwacho kwakavawo kuratidzira kwaipesana nehurumende yepakati, kwaipesana neSoviet. Musi waNovember 23, nguva yokurambidzwa kufamba yakaiswa muBaku uye mauto eSoviet akaedza pasina kubudirira kuparadzira mapoka evanhu. Zviitiko gare gare zvakatungamirira kukuziviswa, muna 1992, kweNational Revival Day yaNovember 17. Zvichitevera kusungwa kweBlack January nemauto eSoviet muBaku musi wa 20 Ndira 1990, Azadliq Square yakava nzvimbo yekuunganidza uye yekuchema kwevanhu vangangosvika mamirioni maviri vakaungana kuti vatore vakafa kunzvimbo yekuviga muMartyrs Lane muUpper Baku. 