English: The Khojaly Massacre was the killing ^[1] of hundreds of ethnic Azerbaijani civilians ^[2] from the town of Khojaly on 25?26 February 1992 during the Nagorno-Karabakh War . According to the Azerbaijani side, as well as Memorial Human Rights Center , Human Rights Watch and other international observers, ^{[3] [4]} the massacre was committed by the ethnic Armenian armed forces, reportedly with help of the Russian 366th Motor Rifle Regiment, apparently not acting on orders from the command. ^{[5] [6]} The official death toll provided by Azerbaijani authorities is 613 civilians, including 106 women and 83 children. ^[7] The event became the largest massacre in the course of Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. ^[8]