The village of Maraga ( Leninavan ) was located in the Martakert region of Nagorno Karabakh , just across the border from the Azerbaijani town of Terter ( oil-rich Mir-Bashir region ) and was one of the region 's largest villages . According to the census of 1989 the village had a population of 4660 , predominantly ethnic Armenians including a few Armenian families who escaped pogroms but were forcefully deported from Sumgait , Baku , and other areas of Soviet Azerbaijan
Sumgait
Sumgait pogrom
Maraga massacre