"Most narratives about the end of the Soviet Union focus on Baltic, Georgian and Ukrainian activism, but there is a powerful case to be made that the USSR died on the streets of Baku in January 1990 when Moscow dispatched units of the Soviet military to put down the aspirations of the Azerbaijani people for freedom and independence."
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, "Bashkortostan Events the ‘Black January’ of Putin Regime, ‘Idel-Ural’ Portal Says", Window on Eurasia (January 26, 2024)
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