Tartar Uprising (1920)

Tartar Uprising
Date	May 1920
Location	Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic
Result	Azerbaijan Bolsheviks victory
Belligerents
Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic	Tartar people
Commanders and leaders
Nariman Narimanov Dadash Bunyadzade; Chingiz Ildyrym;	Rashid agha Cavanshir

DateMay 1920

Location

Result Azerbaijan Bolsheviks victory

Tartar Uprising – the first uprising against the Soviet occupation in 1920.^[1] Rashid agha Javanshir was one of the leaders of the uprising. Rashid agha was the descendant of the Panah Ali Khan who was the founder of Karabagh Khanate.^[2]

v t e Anti-Azerbaijanism
Events	Armenian–Tatar massacres (1905–1906) Massacres of Azerbaijanis in Armenia (1917–1921) March Days (1918) Stalinist repressions in Azerbaijan Deportation of Azerbaijanis from Armenia (1948–1992) Gugark pogrom (1988) Violence in Stepanakert (1988) Black January (1990) Khojaly massacre (1992) Iran cockroach cartoon controversy (2006) Fitilieh programme controversy (2015)
See also	List of massacres of Azerbaijanis

Outbreak of the uprising