But there were no reports of new violence as Soviet military commanders maintained an uneasy peace in Yerevan and the Azerbaijani capital, Baku.

He was born in the village of Amirjan, just outside the Azerbaijani capital Baku.

The military commander of Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, warned today that force may be used to contain unrest there.

Mass rallies were held in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, to protest the putsch, with police detaining three people.

In Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, tens of thousands of people walked off their jobs and rallied to press demands for more autonomy from Moscow.

The military authorities, in control of Baku, the Azerbaijani capital, reported that 695 people had been detained during the night for curfew violations.

The first trials of those responsible, conducted in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku, produced guilty verdicts with sentences ranging from 3 to 15 years.

Military authorities continued to control Yerevan, the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, and half a dozen other tense areas.

During the Soviet era, in 1972, city of Italy, Naples, and the Azerbaijani capital Baku, have been declared sister cities.

The only working rail line into Armenia runs from the Azerbaijani capital of Baku to Yerevan.