The deportation period of Azerbaijanis, living on the area of now days Armenia includes the years 1820-1988.

The initial deportation of Azerbaijani Turks from Western Azerbaijan (present-day Armenia) was launched upon the annexation of Eastern Georgia by Russia in 1801, later the invasion of Shamshaddil and Loru-Pempek regions by Russia.

250 thousand Azerbaijanis who lived in the territory of Armenia through the time of history, were all deported to their native lands and took shelter in Azerbaijan as the result of the last ethnical cleansing, carried out by Armenians in 1988-1992s. At the same time 50 thousand Meskheti Turks, exiled from the Central Asia in 1990s, took shelter in Azerbaijan.

Falsification of the history, distortion of the historical facts and turning Armenia into a mono-ethnic state by changing the toponyms in the historical Azerbaijani lands are part of the aggressive policy of Armenia.

Deportation of the Azerbaijanis from Armenia was an ethic crime. The deportation was carried out with a special brutality by the government agencies.

After the World War II, especially during the “cold war” era, Moscow paid a special attention to immigration of representatives of various ethnicities into the country, using this for the propaganda of the alleged superiority of the socialist system.