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The Armenian-Tatar massacres also known as the '''Armenian-Tatar war''' of 1905 — 1907 refers to the bloody inter-ethnic confrontation between the Caucasian Tatars (today called Azeri s) and Armenians throughout the Caucasus . The events were caused by a lasting hostility between Muslim Tatars on one side and Christian Armenians on the other. The Russian Empire , which at the time ruled the region, feared the Armenians long tradition of struggle against foreign domination and chose to rely on the less politically developed Tatars and their traditional respect towards the rulers. The massacres started during the Russian Revolution Of 1905 , and claimed hundreds of lives. The most violent clashes occurred in 1905 in February in Baku , in May in Nakhichevan , in August in Shusha and in November in Elizavetpol , heavily damaging the cities and the Baku oilfields. Some violence, although of lesser scale, broke out also in Tiflis , but the local Social-Democratic Party , the only force enjoying popular confidence, was able to intervene between the two communities and to prevent larger carnage in the city. REFERENCES
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