Decree of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Heydar Aliyev on the genocide of Azerbaijani people
Azerbaijan’s attainment of independence made it possible to recreate an objective picture of our people’s historical past.
Azerbaijan’s attainment of independence made it possible to recreate an objective picture of our people’s historical past.
Dear compatriots!
The thirty first of March in the present period of our history is commemorated with grief and sadness by our people all over the world. Since 1998, March 31 is commemorated as the day of the genocide of the Azerbaijani people, and the attention of the world community is focused on it.
Dear compatriots!
Today Azerbaijan is living through the 8th year of its independence. One of the most distinguished results achieved in the period of independence is obtaining of possibility to create the objective picture of the period and events that were hidden
1905- 1907 Genocide
In those years, as a result of the massacres perpatrated by Armenian armed forces, seven towns of the Southern Caucasus were destroyed, 252 villages in 12 districts were burnt, 100 thousands of families were driven out from the districts, and several thousand of people were driven out from their homes in the towns, 10 thousand people were annihilated (N.Mustafa. Ermənilərin 1905-1906-cı illərdə Cənubi Qafqazda törətdikləri qırğınlar. http://files.preslib.az):