Speakers Latafat Beybutova spoke on the topics of “The events of the 1918 genocide in the eyewitness testimonies of the Baku region – based on the documents of the Extraordinary Investigation Commission”, Naiba Mammadova on “Damage to the Pir-Huseyn Khanate during the 1918 genocide”, Sariyya Abidova on “Testimonies of ethnic groups who witnessed the 1918 genocide in Guba”, and Orkhan Huseynov on “The struggle of patriotic groups of Baku herders against Armenian armed formations during the 1918 genocide”.
The webinar discussed the massacres committed by Armenian armed groups in various regions of Azerbaijan, the facts of these events confirmed by eyewitness accounts and historical documents. The speakers scientifically analyzed the facts based on the documents of the Extraordinary Investigative Commission, eyewitness accounts and archival materials, and put forward new approaches for a deeper study of this painful page of Azerbaijani history.
About 30 employees of the reserves subordinate to the State Service for the Protection, Development and Restoration of Cultural Heritage participated in the webinar.
