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Vagif Abishov – “If the Armenians, who dreamed of creating a ‘Great Armenia’, played a key role in the March 31 genocide against Azerbaijanis, as well as the Turks, the Soviet power of that time was behind this great game.” The Soviet government used Stepan Shaumyan to establish its branch in Baku. Shaumyan worked hard to realize Russia’s intention, as well as to create a great Armenian state. Shaumyan’s popularity in Baku, as well as in the regions, was zero. From this point of view, he was waiting for an opportunity to strengthen his position in Baku until 1920. Although it has repeatedly committed large and small provocations over the years, it has failed to achieve a serious goal. “Shaumyan’s first provocation against Azerbaijanis was the arrest of Talishinsky, the chief of staff of the Azerbaijani Tatar cavalry regiment, together with his staff when he arrived at the Baku station, which caused great discontent in the society at that time. Disarmament eventually led to clashes. Shaumyan, who had been making serious preparations for a long time, had already deployed a group of Armenian soldiers from Iran, the South Caucasus, and Turkey to Baku to fight the Turks. Bloody massacres were committed against Azerbaijanis during the day. “It should be noted that during the March genocide, the historical documents collected by the Extraordinary Investigation Commission established in Baku Province on June 15, 1918, contained legal documents in 36 volumes of 3,500 pages. It contains a list of people killed and a report on the material damage to the population and the country. In recent days, the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences has been conducting special research on historical documents imported from Moscow, England and France in order to reveal historical facts.

We would like to note that in support of Mr. President’s foreign policy to bring this genocide to the world, the Public Union “Assistance to the Disabled of the Patriotic War” has prepared a statement in 4 languages.”Помощь Инвалидам Великой Отечественной войны” подготовлено заявление на 4 языках.

Natig Mammadzade: 1918-1920 is one of the most glorious and, at the same time, the most difficult and dramatic periods in the history of Azerbaijan. On the one hand, on May 28, 1918, the people of Azerbaijan gained independence, restored their national statehood, and were able to create a democratic state in the form of a republic. On the other hand, during this period, the Azerbaijani people were subjected to genocide committed by Armenian nationalists. The most tragic page in the history of XX century Azerbaijan is connected with the name of the Baku Soviet and its leader Stepan Shaumyan. Judging by the important political processes that took place as a result of the collapse of the Russian Empire, he was at the head of the political regime established in Baku and surrounding areas. Speaking under the banner of the Bolshevik movement, Shaumyan, in fact, expressed the interests of Armenian nationalism, which declared the establishment of the Armenian state in many parts of Turkey and Azerbaijan as his strategic goal. The political force led by Shaumyan, who occupied Baku and surrounding areas, could have achieved its goal only by destroying the Azerbaijani population. Thus, Azerbaijanis became victims of the policy of state terrorism in their land. The result of the policy pursued by Shaumyan and the Baku Soviet led by him was the genocide of tens of thousands of Azerbaijanis. The lifes of these innocent people were sacrificed for the realization of the “Great Armenia” ideology.

Solmaz Rustamova-Tohidi: The most painful, bloodiest, most tragic moment in the history of the twentieth century is the beginning of a series of events in which the existence of our people and territories was under serious danger. Taking advantage of the historical conditions for independence after the collapse of the Russian Empire, Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia declared their independence. However, from the first days of independence, Armenia began to make territorial claims against neighboring republics, especially Azerbaijan Democratic Republic. Armenian Dashnaks and terrorist organizations, together with the Bolsheviks, committed bloody massacres in Baku and other regions, killing thousands of innocent people in order to shake the strong social base of Azerbaijanis. In those days, the property of Azerbaijanis was looted in the amount of 400 million rubles. Mass looting led to famine and the spread of various diseases among the Muslim population of Baku. Only after the liberation of Baku by the Caucasian Islamic Army in September 1918, the Azerbaijanis escaped the danger.

Firdovsiya Ahmadova: “The main reasons for the massacres committed in the areas of Azerbaijan in 1918 were: complete neutralization of the national movement, deprivation of its social base, that is, the de facto ethnic cleansing of the local population. In order to escalate the massacres, the Bolsheviks had to enter into an alliance with the Dashnaks and the Armenian National Council in order to ensure the superiority of their military forces. Armenians preferred the Bolshevik dictatorship to realize their intentions. Bolshevik-Dashnak cooperation resulted in the mass extermination of the peaceful Muslim population.