Black January

Quality:

Black January - 1990 massacre in Baku. This event is the 1289^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of events and the 620^th most popular event in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “Black January” in Simple English Wikipedia has 28.4 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 2 sections.

This article has the best quality in Uzbek Wikipedia. However, the most popular language version of this article is Russian.

Achievements in all the time:

Simple English Wikipedia:

The 620^th most popular in events in Simple English Wikipedia.

Global Wikipedia:

The 1289^th most popular in events.

Since the creation of article “Black January”, its content was written by 12 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1126 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

Black January is on the 620^th place in local ranking of events in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 1289^th place in global ranking of events in all the time.

The article is cited 5 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3533 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #614 in September 2012
• Global: #2400 in January 2012

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #2871 in January 2014
• Global: #2496 in January 2021

There are 38 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Uzbek (uz) Qora yanvar		93.9556
2	Azerbaijani (az) Qara Yanvar		84.981
3	Russian (ru) Чёрный январь		74.832
4	English (en) Black January		65.5948
5	Korean (ko) 검은 1월		51.3614
6	Greek (el) Μαύρος Ιανουάριος		50.4426
7	Turkish (tr) Kara Ocak		47.337
8	Ukrainian (uk) Чорний січень		44.0616
9	Polish (pl) Czarny Styczeń		43.0804
10	Spanish (es) Enero negro		42.4223

The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Azerbaijani (az) Qara Yanvar		2 848 480
2	Russian (ru) Чёрный январь		1 591 955
3	English (en) Black January		1 104 742
4	Turkish (tr) Kara Ocak		285 782
5	Spanish (es) Enero negro		47 231
6	German (de) Schwarzer Januar		42 906
7	Japanese (ja) 黒い一月事件		38 384
8	Chinese (zh) 黑色一月大屠殺		37 112
9	Persian (fa) ژانویه سیاه		34 908
10	French (fr) Janvier Noir		34 899

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Russian (ru) Чёрный январь		4 325
2	English (en) Black January		2 559
3	Azerbaijani (az) Qara Yanvar		1 035
4	Turkish (tr) Kara Ocak		411
5	Chinese (zh) 黑色一月大屠殺		282
6	Polish (pl) Czarny Styczeń		224
7	Japanese (ja) 黒い一月事件		162
8	Persian (fa) ژانویه سیاه		137
9	Spanish (es) Enero negro		127
10	German (de) Schwarzer Januar		114

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Black January		242
2	Russian (ru) Чёрный январь		175
3	German (de) Schwarzer Januar		133
4	Azerbaijani (az) Qara Yanvar		122
5	Turkish (tr) Kara Ocak		60
6	French (fr) Janvier Noir		45
7	Italian (it) Gennaio nero		26
8	Dutch (nl) Zwarte Januari		23
9	Vietnamese (vi) Tháng Giêng đen		20
10	Persian (fa) ژانویه سیاه		19

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) يناير الأسود		1
2	Azerbaijani (az) Qara Yanvar		0
3	Belarusian (be) Чорны студзень		0
4	Bulgarian (bg) Черен януари		0
5	Catalan (ca) Gener Negre		0
6	Czech (cs) Černý leden		0
7	German (de) Schwarzer Januar		0
8	Greek (el) Μαύρος Ιανουάριος		0
9	English (en) Black January		0
10	Esperanto (eo) Nigra Januaro		0

The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In Simple English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: List of European countries, Black, List of sex positions, 2026 Iran war, Suresh Raina, Politics of Germany, Academy Award for Best Director, 2020, DYSS-TV, 2022.

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