Today Azerbaijan is one of the rare countries with a combination of mosques, churches and synagogues and does not demonstrate discrimination towards different faiths. Foreigners who are shown mosques, churches and synagogues located side by side in the distance of 150 meters in Guba, Azerbaijan cannot hide their surprise. The Azerbaijanis have always differed for their tolerance – not only in the Orient, but all over the world.
In 1944 when the units of the Red Army liberated Bulgaria, Ter-Arutunian Garegin (Nzhde) was arrested and taken to Moscow on October 12 by SMERSH (a special military unit fighting against the spies in the rear, it literally means “death to spies” in Russian).
There are many Azerbaijanis in the Russian Federation who call Russia “Ruset“
To say that the process of the resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict is intensified is impossible.
On February 23, 1918, the supreme governing body of the South Caucasus -the Transcaucasian Seim was created.
According to a UNESCO decision, the Mugham of Azerbaijan has been proclaimed a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. In Azerbaijan proper, where the Mugham is perceived as an integral part of a system of fundamental cultural values of the Azerbaijani people, this decision is viewed both as a recognition of the merits by outstanding representatives of the genre and as a desire to attract the attention of the world’s cultural community to this unique heritage.
The book titled “Nagorno Karabakh: facts versus lies” (Нагорный Карабах: факты против лжи) by Arsen Malik-Shahnazarov, advisor to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the so-called Nagorno Karabakh Republic since 1993, was printed in 3,000 copies by Volshebniy Fonar publishing house (Moscow).
Inauguration ceremony of President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev was held
Ilham Aliyev wins presidential election with 92.05 percent of votes VIDEO
President Ilham Aliyev, First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva and family members voted in Khankendi VIDEO
Plenary session of 6th Summit of Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia gets underway in Astana. President Ilham Aliyev attends the plenary session VIDEO
President Ilham Aliyev was interviewed by Azerbaijani TV channels in Prague VIDEO
