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A scientific conference on "Genocide and crimes against humanity" was held in the city of Guba under the joint organization of "Genocide Memorial Complex" and "ASAN xidmet" center. The conference participants first visited the Genocide monument and laid flowers on the monument erected in memory of the people killed in 1918.

The conference began with the singing of the National Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Later, the memory of the national leader Heydar Aliyev and the martyrs was commemorated with a minute’s silence. Opening the event with an introduction, the director of the Memorial Complex, Dr. Rakhshanda Bayramova spoke about the convention adopted by the United Nations on December 9, 1948 for the prevention of genocide crimes and said that genocide is a crime against humanity regardless of where and how it occurs. The director of the complex also said that at the beginning of the 20th century, genocides were committed by Armenian Dashnaks in the territories of Azerbaijan, tens of thousands of innocent civilians were killed, and that these events were given a legal and political evaluation by the national leader Heydar Aliyev. Later, Ulvi Mammadov, the supervisor of the reception organization sector of the Guba “ASAN xidmet” center, spoke on the topic “Genocide causes, excuses and facts”. At the end of the event, which continued with the speeches of the employees of the complex and the service center, the guests got acquainted with the exhibition of books and booklets related to the events of the genocide.
 
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Representatives of the non-Muslim religious confederation visited Guba region on March 31 Genocide Day of Azerbaijanis under the organization of the State Committee for Work with Religious Organizations.

The guests paid a visit to the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in the city of Guba and laid flowers on the monument erected in memory of the people killed in 1918. In the “Genocide” museum of the complex, visitors were informed that as a result of the genocides that took place in Azerbaijan at the beginning of the 20th century, religious monuments and mosques were destroyed by Armenian Dashnaks, and people were killed because of their religious identity. At the end, visitors were presented with booklets containing the facts of the genocide.

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A conference entitled "Historical and political study of the March 31 Genocide of Azerbaijanis" was held in Guba city under the joint organization of the "Genocide Memorial Complex" and the secondary school No. 320 of Mushfigabad settlement of Garadagh region.

The conference is dedicated to the 2023 “Year of Heydar Aliyev” and the 105th anniversary of the 1918 genocide of Azerbaijanis. The speakers informed about the activities of the national leader Heydar Aliyev in the direction of giving a legal and political assessment to the events of genocide and making them known in the world with the decree of March 26, 1998.

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The "Great Leader Heydar Aliyev's Decree of March 26, 1998 "On the Genocide of Azerbaijanis" "Historical Significance" conference was held in connection with the 2023 "Year of Heydar Aliyev" and the 105th anniversary of the 1918 genocide committed against Azerbaijanis at the "Genocide Memorial Complex" in Guba.

The conference was jointly organized by the “Genocide Memorial Complex”, the Guba branch of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical University, the Republican Gymnasium of Humanities named after S.C. Peshavari and the Guba High School of Physics, Mathematics and Informatics. Before the event, the participants visited the March 31 Genocide Monument and got acquainted with the “Museum” section of the Complex. At the Conference, which began with the singing of the National Anthem of the Republic of Azerbaijan, the participants commemorated the memory of the late National Leader Heydar Aliyev and the martyrs with a minute of silence. Dr. Rakhshanda Bayramova, the director of the Memorial Complex, inaugurated the event by speaking about the unparalleled services rendered by national leader Heydar Aliyev in the development of the Azerbaijani people and in conveying its historical truths to the world community. Later, Yusif Aliyev, the rector of the Guba branch of the Azerbaijan Pedagogical University, associate professor, the doctor of physics sciences Ilgar Talibov, the director of the S.C. Peshavari Republican Gymnasium for Humanities, and Kamran Aliyev, the director of the Guba Physics, Mathematics, and Informatics Oriented Lyceum, spoke about the genocides committed against Azerbaijanis by Armenian usurpers during Heydar Aliyev’s rule. Certificates were presented to event participants at the end of the conference, where about 30 speakers made a speech.

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Tobias Lorentzso, the newly appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Sweden to the Republic of Azerbaijan, visited the Genocide Memorial Complex as part of his visit to the city of Guba.

The ambassador got acquainted with the historical facts of Azerbaijan, historical documents and photographs reflecting the genocides committed on our lands in the last two centuries, and as a result thousands of civilized and innocent people were subjected to genocide. Later, the ambassador expressed his gratitude for the organization of the educational tour in the Memorial book of the museum.
It should be noted that almost 1 million people have visited the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in the city of Guba, which was opened by the special order of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mr. Ilham Aliyev. More than 170,000 visitors are foreign citizens. Many extraordinary and authorized ambassadors of foreign countries (Israel, the United States of America, Japan, Korea, the United Arab Emirates, etc.) operating in our country have visited the Memorial Complex and witnessed the genocides committed against Azerbaijanis in 1918.

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In connection with the "Year of Heydar Aliyev" and the 105th anniversary of the genocide of Azerbaijanis on March 31, events are continuing in the city of Sumgait

An educational event was held at the Sumgayit State Vocational Training Center on the topic “Historical significance of National Leader Heydar Aliyev’s decree on the genocide of Azerbaijanis dated March 26, 1998”.
At the event held with the participation of the teaching and student staff of the educational center, the memory of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev and the victims of the 1918 genocide was commemorated with a minute of silence. During the speech, the speakers noted that the decree signed by National Leader Heydar Aliyev on March 26, 1998 regarding the genocides against Azerbaijanis in 1918 gave a political assessment to these events.
It was stated that political evaluation of the genocides committed against Azerbaijanis in the 20th century by the National Leader played a major role in strengthening the national memory.
At the end of the event, a video dedicated to the genocide of Azerbaijanis was shown.

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A series of events are continuing in connection with the "Year of Heydar Aliyev" and the 105th anniversary of the March 31 genocide of Azerbaijanis

 

The next event was held at the Heydar Aliyev Center with the participation of teachers and senior students of Sumgayit city secondary school No. 26. Seria Abidova, an employee of the Complex, who gave a wide-ranging speech, presented the event participants with books, photos, copies of archive documents and other materials reflecting the events of the genocide . The speaker noted that after the Republic of Azerbaijan gained independence, it was thanks to the visionary policy of the great leader Heydar Aliyev that our nation got the opportunity to create an objective picture of its historical past. The truths that have been kept secret for many years are revealed, distorted events have received their true value. On March 26, 1998, Heydar Aliyev signed a decree on marking March 31 as the Genocide Day of Azerbaijanis. Since the signing of the decree, March 31 is celebrated as the day of the genocide of Azerbaijanis every year, and the memory of the victims of the genocide is commemorated by every Azerbaijani.

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Behbud Khan Javanshir, a victim of Armenian treason, one of the founders of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, a social and political figure, the minister of internal affairs of the ADR period, a member of the parliament.

Behbud Khan Javanshir, a descendant of Panahali Khan, who founded the Karabakh Khanate, was born in 1877 in Azad Garagoyunlu village of Tartar district. Behbud Khan, fluent in German, English, French, Russian, Georgian and Armenian, entered the German-oriented Tiflis Realni School in 1890, and then graduated from the Freiberg Mining Academy in Germany.
During the ADR period, on June 17, 1918, Behbud Khan Javanshir held the position of Minister of Internal Affairs in the II Government Cabinet created by Fatali Khan Khoyski in Ganja. During his tenure as head of the ministry, he took important steps to end anarchy in the country, ensure legislation and citizen security. On October 6, 1918, he worked in many responsible positions even after the cabinet changes in the composition of the government. At the same time, B.Javanshir was elected a member of the Parliament of the Republic according to the law on the establishment of the Azerbaijan National Council-Mabusan, one of the leaders of the “Muslim Charitable Society”, as well as a member of the Temporary Executive Committee of the Muslim National Council.

On July 18, 1921, Behbud Khan Javanshir was murdered in Istanbul by an Armenian terrorist who made the feelings of “revenge and enmity” his main principle of action. The last words of Behbud Khan, who was aware of Armenian treachery, when he was on his deathbed were: “I have no personal enemies. Only Armenians can shoot me.”

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In the city of Sumgait, educational events are being held in connection with the "Year of Heydar Aliyev" and the 105th anniversary of the March 31 genocide of Azerbaijanis

In connection with the “Year of Heydar Aliyev” and the 105th anniversary of the genocide of Azerbaijanis on March 31, an event on “Heydar Aliyev’s policy in promoting the genocides of 1918” was held in the city of Guba under the joint organization of the “Genocide Memorial Complex” and the Sumgayit Heydar Aliyev Center. The event was attended by the director and employees of Sumgayit city Heydar Aliyev Center, teachers and students of Sumgayit State Vocational Education Center in the Service Area. The participants of the event first got acquainted with the exhibition of books and photos depicting the events of the genocide. Seria Abidova, an employee of the complex, spoke about the historical importance of giving a political price to these events with the decree “On the Genocide of Azerbaijanis” signed by Great Leader Heydar Aliyev on March 26, 1998. Speaking later, the director of the Center, Vusala Gurbanova, and others informed about the unparalleled services rendered by national leader Heydar Aliyev in publicizing the genocide committed against Azerbaijanis in 1918 outside the borders of the country.
At the end of the event, a documentary film was shown.

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The next event held by the Genocide Memorial Complex in connection with the "Year of Heydar Aliyev" and the 105th anniversary of the March 31 genocide of Azerbaijanis was on the topic of "Historical significance of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev's decree on the genocide of Azerbaijanis dated March 26, 1998." Officials of Beylagan District Executive Power, staff of the Beylagan District Representation of Kurdamir Regional Culture Department, Museum of History and Local History, House of Culture, Centralized Library System, as well as teachers and students of educational institutions throughout the region participated in the event held at the Beylagan Heydar Aliyev Center.

Lecturers speaking at the event informed about the nature and historical roots of the genocide and deportation policy carried out by the Armenians against the people of Azerbaijan in the last 2 centuries. It was reported that the first political evaluation of the 1918 genocide of Azerbaijanis is related to the name of Great Leader Heydar Aliyev.

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Genocide Memorial Complex continues a series of events in connection with the "Year of Heydar Aliyev" and the 105th anniversary of the genocide of Azerbaijanis on March 31. The next event on "Activity of the Great Leader Heydar Aliyev in the direction of recognition of the 1918 genocide committed against the Azerbaijanis" was held at the Kurdemir Heydar Aliyev Center.

The event was attended by the staff of Kurdemir Regional Culture Department, Museum of History and Local Studies, Art Gallery and the Centralized library system.The speakers noted in their reports that the decree “On the Genocide of Azerbaijanis” signed by the national leader Heydar Aliyev on March 26, 1998 is a very important document in the recognition of these genocides. At the end, the participants of the event were presented with books and booklets containing the facts of the genocide.