In this collection Armenians’ crimes in Azerbaijan are exposed by means of concrete historical facts. In documents, archives, epigraphic data and respective articles there is unmasked Armenians’ urge towards occupying Azerbaijan lands and establishing at these territories own state. Armenians applied for implementing the purpose such tested methods of struggle against Azerbaijan people like genocide, terrorism and deportation. History falsification, various diversions were important remedy for Armenians in this fight. The present collection is designed to inform the world public of atrocities inflicted by Armenians in our land through the past century.

Contents

To the readers

I. Genocide and Terror Committed by Armenia in Azerbaijan Land

• Genocide inflicted upon Azeri people in March, 1918 (Musayeva T.A., doctor of history, professor)

• Genocide and terror as tested methods of Armenias struggle against Azeri people (Musayeva T.A. doctor of history, professor).

• What was this; genocide or deportation (Pashayev A.A., candidate of history).

• Azerbaijanis Deportation from West Azerbaijan (Maharramov E., candidate of history).

• Tragedy of 20^th century: “Khojaly genocide“ (Muradova A. D., candidate of history).

II. History Falsifiers

• Response to “Armenian cultural monuments in Upper Garabagh” book after Samvel Karapetyan (Quliyeva V.A., candidate of history).

• Response to attempt of Papazyan A.D. to misrepresent Azerbaijan history as Armenia’s one (Guliyeva V.A., candidate of history).

• Azerbaijan in Oriental policy of Russia in the early 18^th century (Mammadova G. N., candidate of history).

III. Armenia’s Economic and Ideological Diversion against Azerbaijan

• Obscure pages of Azerbaijan oil-extracting industry (Bahramov J.A., candidate of history)

• Ideological diversion of Armenia against Azeri people (Musayeva T.S., doctor of history, professor).

• Azerbaijan libraries as objects of Armenian ideological diversion (Rustamova A.S., ANASCNL reader service department chief)

To the reader

Workers of ANAS History Institute compiled articles’ collection titled as “Historical facts of Armenians’ crimes in Azerbaijan.” The collection basically consists of History Institute collaborators’ articles written lately following USSR disintegration and sovereign states formation. Only at this period there appeared conditions for impartial estimating historical evolution course, opportunity to describe events so as they proceeded in reality. The authors are opening “obscure pages” of history, i.e. topics being earlier hushed up, forbidden, distorted by virtue of Soviet ideology. Here we can rightfully ascribe topic of genocide, terrorism and deportation acts committed by Armenia in our land.

The work’s publication is engendered by necessity of making the foreign society realize the absolute truth that our people has been subject during the past century to genocide, terrorism, deportation by Armenians, deprived of home and soil. The entire history of 19^th-20^th centuries is characterized with struggle of Armenians for occupying, annexing alien territories and establishing here their own state - “Great Armenia”. For realization of this object they were and are staking on lands of neighbors, first of all Azerbaijan ones. The purpose has been achieved due to genocide, terrorism and deportation. We felt ourselves the usual methods of Armenians’ fight against our nation completely. At one time atrocities of Armenians in our land failed to become known. Armenia wasn’t called to account for her crimes.

Azerbaijan President Heydar Aliyev emphasized in his “Appeal” to Azeri people timed to March 31, Azerbaijanis Genocide Day that “our major task is to form in consciousness of the present and future generations eternal national memory about genocide inflicted upon our people in the past century, to achieve political and legal appraisal of these tragedies all along the world, try remove their heavy after-effects and do all best to prevent from recurrence of the similar tragedies.” Hence ANAS History Institute compiled the present collection basically include articles of the respective workers printed at the period of sovereign Azerbaijan state’s establishment and consolidation (since 1991).

Building of this state provided the local researchers with ample opportunities. Lately ordinary citizens by means of media have been frequently appealing to the republic scholars for bringing out and making subject of the international publicity documentary materials unmasking heinous crimes in our land.

During 70 years of Soviet power existence which proclaimed internationalism and peoples friendship as major postulates of the System our law obedient people despite on their rights’ territorial claims, “secret” deportation, ethnical cleanings toward them had been failing to express public protest or indignation – all this was strictly stopped and punished due to laws of totalitarian regime. The so-called “thawing” and “reorganization” periods (1960-80 yy.) nowise changed the situation. After accession of M. Gorbachov to power in 1985 Azerbaijanis’ situation was aggravated. And it was no wonder. All retinues Gorbachov – political, economic councilors, experts for national affairs were persons of armenian nationality - Shahnazarov G., Bagramov E., Aganbegyan A., Sitaryan S. During visit of Gorbachov to France Aganbegyan as member of Soviet delegation has addressed in Paris to armenian Diaspora representatives with statement that Upper Garabagh would be annexed to Armenia and Gorbachov gave his consent for this. Another “expert” E.Bagramov who was occupied with problems of Nations and National Relationships Theory, doctor of philosophy, had been taking rather active part in rousing Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict at the Soviet period. Having taken up major positions at the central television, radio and press they practically formed public opinion of the state. Right by this means false information has been told about Azerbaijanis and events in the republic. We were in the absolute information blockade, prevented from publishing our materials in Russian media. The process had become aggravated because of eliminating Aliyev H.A. from membership of CPSU Political Bureau what answered intentions of Armenian lobbyists. Thus, ample opportunity was afforded for making true their expansion plans M. Gorbachov being oppressor of Azerbaijanis, destroyer of Great Power, organizer of Bloody Events in January, 1990 in Baku became good puppet for Armenian lobbyists. No nation suffered such terrible vandalism in USSR history like Azeri people in those January days. We failed to be ready for such change of developments. Enlightenment had been gradually coming. Already later we had seen that separatism movements in Armenia and Upper Garabagh were plotted by the local jingoists long time ago, and just opportunity was necessary to put their plants into effect. The latter movement had been led by such offensive spokesman for Armenian political elite as Robert Kocharyan. Our people are well-familiar with the unbridled Armenian Nazi’s terrorist nature. His hands are stepped in blood of thousands peaceful defenseless residents of Garabagh – Azerbaijanis expatriated from their historical lands. Founder of “Miazum” idea, head of Armenian terrorists, inveterate Turkophobe has presided Armenia Republic what causes only regret. His accession to power was marked by a series of unparalleled terrorism acts-fusillade of Armenian deputies being presidential aspirants at the house of the local Parliament. This crime remained unexposed. Racist nature of Kocharyan who should have been brought to International Hague Tribunal long time ago is strikingly apparent in his declaration “about Armenians and Azerbaijanis’ ethnical incompatibility”. Valter Shvimmer, Europe Council Secretary-General expressed regret for such statement of Robert Kocharyan. The farmer emphasized that “Europe including Armenia and Azerbaijan begins with European versatility.” The words can hardly be realized by Armenian leaders who mono nationalized their country. It can be asserted that the contemporary world encountered such dangerous phenomenon which can be named as “Armenian ideology”. In concrete categories it comes to territorial claims realized basically by means of genocide, terror, deportation; Turkophobism, misanthropic attitude for Turks, Azerbaijanis what is cultivated in Armenians from the cradle, with mother’s milk, fiction and misrepresentation of others history, urge towards proving anyhow that Armenians are among the most ancient in the world people who established “Great Armenia” state frontiers of which had been stretching from sea to sea, and therefore Armenians have “legitimate” right to lay claims on territories of the neighbors.

Right therefore Armenians’ compact residence places become separatism breeding grounds. Today it’s Upper Garabagh in Azerbaijan, Javakhetia province in Georgia, tomorrow it will be plenty lands in South Russia settled by Armenians in masses. And it will no wonder if first Armenians demand for autonomy of the regions and further their complete independence. Historical experience prompts right such scenario of events.

It should also stressed that Armenian Gregorian church has major role in “Armenian ideology” development, paradoxical as it seems. Through 20^th century separatism actions of Armenians have been breaking out in Turkey, Azerbaijan, Georgia with blessing of Armenian clergy.

It was Vazgen the First, All-Armenian Catholics who especially succeeded in this matter. In his letters sent to the Soviet government as far back May, 1956 there was emphasized need of annexing Upper Garabagh, Nakhchivan ASSR and Akhalkalaki district of Georgia to Armenia.

Articles represented in the collection expose the real core of this ideology. Here are reflected events in March, 1918, genocide and terror committed by Armenians in our land, cited documentary materials of Extraordinary Inquiry Committee set up in July, 1918 by government of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic confirming these atrocities of Armenian jingoists; comment to “Armenian cause in documentary archives Azerbaijan (1918-1920) book published in Ankara in 2001.” In the collected articles are studied problems of deportation of Azerbaijan from Armenia, Khojaly genocide; revolt Armenian scholars falsifying historical reality, misappropriating alien history; some articles elucidate economic and ideological diversions against Azeri people. All of the articles are strictly documented, all facts are confirmed in concrete archives materials. In some articles footnotes are indicated in the course of stating respective material, and in others-at their conclusion. Topically the collection is divided to parts: I – “Genocide, terror, deportation”, II – “History falsifiers”, III – “Economic and ideological diversions”. The collection is compiled in 2 languages – Russian and English, and meant for the general foreign public.

Tamilla Musayeva,
professor, doctor of history

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