March 1918: A Defining Moment For Azerbaijan The events of March 1918, in which some 30,000 Azerbaijanis died at the hands of the Bolsheviks and the Dashnakcutun, were a defining moment for Azerbaijan. Below is an excerpted version of Dr. Balayev's new archivally based study, “The March Events of 1918 in Azerbaijan" (Moscow: Flinta, 2008)...