Director of the Complex, Dr. Rakhshanda Bayramova, who opened the event with an introduction, spoke about the policy of ethnic cleansing and genocide carried out by the Bolshevik-Dashnak units in Guba region in 1918 and noted that more than 16 thousand people were killed in Guba region alone as a result of the tragedy. The historian also emphasized that the cases of violence committed in Guba city and villages of Guba district were reflected in the collection of documents consisting of 451 sheets in 3 volumes based on the investigation materials of the Extraordinary Investigation Commission. Speaking later, Elvin Talishynsky, head of the Department of Political and Social Sciences of Azerbaijan University, Doctor of Philosophy in Political Sciences, said that the people of Azerbaijan, who always try to live in peace with neighboring countries, have historically been subjected to the merciless genocide policy of Armenian bandits. Not only in 1918, but also in 1905-1907, as well as in subsequent years, cases of genocide and deportation accompanied by violations of the rights of Azerbaijanis, inhumane treatment, and acts that humiliate human dignity were committed by Armenian nationalists. Speaking later, the expert of the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in Guba city, doctor of philosophy, associate professor Sübhan Talibli reviewed the history of the genocides that took place in the Javad district. It was noted that among the documents of the Extraordinary Investigation Commission regarding the Javad accident, the statement given by Süreyya Dadash gizi, an 18-year-old resident of Khojaly village, can be considered a clear example of Armenian cruelty. The investigators of the commission included the victim’s statement and medical examination documents of Süreyya Dadash girl, who lost all her relatives and found shelter with strangers in another village, with her arm amputated, crippled, sick and weak, as well as her photo as a testimony of Armenian atrocities. At the end of the scientific seminar, which continued with the speeches of the employees of Azerbaijan University and the Memorial Complex, books and booklets containing the facts of the genocide were presented.
