In February 1988, a series of tragic events in the industrial city of Sumgait marked a definitive turning point in late Soviet history. What began as a peaceful constitutional petition for the status of Nagorno-Karabakh quickly escalated into a regional crisis that the central government in Moscow could not control.
This documentary examines the 1988 Sumgait tragedy through a historical and objective lens:
• The context of Gorbachev’s Perestroika and Glasnost.
• The administrative roots of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
• The three days of unrest and the delayed response of Soviet internal troops.
• The international reaction from Andrei Sakharov and the European Parliament.
• How these events triggered the ultimate collapse of the Soviet Union.
Discover the story of a nation that faced natural disaster and political tragedy, yet emerged to build a sovereign democratic state.
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