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Today in history Arrival of D. Gelovani in Guba (April 1918)

In April 1918, when the city of Baku and the Baku province fell into the hands of the Bolsheviks, on the instructions of S. Shaumyan, David Gelovani, a georgian menshevik, was sent to Guba with about 200 armed soldiers (consisting of Armenians) to seize power in Guba. Here, D. Gelovani, who declared himself the Guba Accident Commissioner, gave the locals two hours to recognize the Bolshevik government, and the helpless city administration agreed to this proposal. As soon as the accident happened, first of all, D. Gelovani disarmed the local community and released more than two hundred Armenians. Robberies and assassinations of locals by members of Gelovan’s gang and released Armenians are on the rise in the city. Seeing these atrocities in the area under the name of Bolshevism, the locals formed gangs a few days later and began a local resistance movement. According to the ancient calendar, April 9-11 / April 19-23, in this struggle, which remained in history as “3-day battles”, Gelovani and his armed groups were expelled from Guba. When he leaves the city, he takes the Armenians with him. Many Armenian bandits are killed in the battles by the people of Guba. In the event of an accident, peace is restored. However, the people of Guba were unaware that an army of Dashnak Armenians led by the executioner Hamazasp would arrive in their homeland on May 1 and that genocide would be committed within 9 days.

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Report to the government of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the ADR Mamedhasan Hajinsky dated July 15, 1918 on the genocides committed against Azerbaijanisand, an extract prepared on the basis of this report, as well as a copy of the decree signed in Ganja on August 30, 1918 on the establishment of the Extraordinary Investigative Commission. We present photographs and text of these documents.

REPORT TO GOVERNMENT
For four months now, various regions of Azerbaijan have been destroyed by gangs, and under the guise of the Bolsheviks, Armenian military units and others have committed unprecedented atrocities against the lives and property of the civilian Muslim population. At the same time, on the basis of false information sent by the organizers of these gangs, public opinion in European countries is turned in the opposite direction. The interests of the state and the affected groups of the population necessitate the creation of an organization that would deal with the following:
1. Accurate registration of all incidents of violence;
2. Determining the circumstances of the violence;
3. Identification of culprits and determination of the total amount of damage caused by them;
This organization should have the character of an Extraordinary Commission , as well as the results of the work of this commission should be announced and widely disseminated in the major European languages ​​(Russian, French, German, and, of course, Turkish). It is necessary to start the organization of this commission without delay,since it can easily implement many things now on th hot trail, in the sense of questioning persons, taking photographs, and collection of other evidences, which later may become difficult, if not completely , impossible to do.
If the Government agrees with this proposal, I would ask that one of the Ministers be entrusted with the establishment of this Commission and that 50,000 rubles be temporarily allocated for the Commission’s expenses.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Hasan Hajinski ,Yelizavetpol. July 15, 1918.
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Deputy Chief of Mission of the State of Israel, Chargé d'Affaires Doron Pe'er visited Guba region During the visit, the guest was in the "Genocide Memorial Complex" in Guba

Deputy Chief of Mission of the State of Israel, Chargé d’Affaires Doron Pe’er visited Guba region During the visit, the guest was in the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in Guba and laid flowers at the monument to the victims of the genocide. Mr. Doron Peer was informed in detail about the inhumane atrocities committed by Armenian vandals in Azerbaijan in 1918, including in Guba, and was told that during this genocide, Jews living in Guba also became victims of Armenian terror.

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Dear visitors!

Every year, around the world the date April 18 is celebrated as the International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites. This significant day was established by UNESCO in 1983 at the suggestion of the Council for the Protection of Historic Sites and Monuments (ICOMOS). The aim is to bring people’s attention to the protection of monuments and historical sites.
This significant day is widely celebrated in Azerbaijan as well. Every year on this date, various projects and events are held in the reserves, including the “Genocide Memorial Complex” in Guba to promote the protection of monuments and historical sites. We provide information on the events planned for this year and invite you to visit our Complex.
Planned projects and activities:
1. April 15-18 In the page profiles of the complex available on social networks will be presentation of various documentaries about our protected monuments and historical sites, which are considered the pearls of our country’s cultural heritage;.
2. April 15-18 Screening of documentaries on historical monuments in the museum of the Complex;
3. April 17-18 At the exit of the museum for visitors to the complex – the organization of a quiz on the flag square on questions about the events of 1918 and the presentation to participants of the quiz small gifts, as well as giving information about “April 18 International Day of Monuments and Historic Sites” ;
4. April 17-18 Giving various small gifts, balloons and flags to the children coming to visit the complex;
5. Dissemination and promotion on social networks of a video prepared by the specialists of the Complex on protected historical monuments located in Guba on April 17-18;
6. April 17-18 Presentation of a slide based on photographs of cultural and historical monuments destroyed as a result of Armenian vandalism in the liberated territories;
7. Organization of broadcasting a video on social networks of the Complex with information about “Subaba” tomb and ancient tombstones located in Alpan village of the region, which was destroyed during the genocides in Guba on April 17-18, 1918;
8. Holding an online seminar on “Historical monuments of Northeast Azerbaijan” organized by Genocide Memorial Complex in April 17.