On February 28, 2023, an educational event was held at the Heydar Aliyev Center to commemorate the “Year of Heydar Aliyev,” as well as the 105th anniversary of the March 31 Genocide of Azerbaijanis, with the joint organization of the Kurdamir Regional Culture Department’s Imishli district representative office, the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in Guba, and the Heydar Aliyev Center of Imishli District.
The event was attended by the leadership and staff of the Kurdamir Regional Culture Department’s Imishli district representative office, the Imishli District Veterans Society, the Imishli District Music School, the Museum of History, the district library, and local cultural institutions. During the event, Aysu Bulbulzadeh, an employee of the Genocide Memorial Complex, informed the participants about the events of the genocide committed against Azerbaijanis at the beginning of the twentieth century, the historical activity of the great leader Heydar Aliyev to give political value to these events with the March 26, 1998 decree, and to publicize the genocides committed against Azerbaijanis outside the country’s borders. Later speakers emphasized that genocide is a crime against humanity. At the conclusion of the event, a documentary film about the genocide events was shown, and books and booklets about the topic were distributed.
It should be noted that this year marks the 105th anniversary of the genocide against Azerbaijanis, and the Memorial Complex is hosting a series of events in accordance with the relevant event plan.
